DSF Olivia the octopus
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DavidSuzukiFdn
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Wednesday, May 24, 2017
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Origin:
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British Columbia, Canada
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The Pacific Northwest is home to the largest octopus in the world - the giant Pacific octopus. This octopus only lives for four to five years, but can weigh a whopping 270 kilograms! Octopuses tend to be solitary animals and live alone in dens on the sea floor. They swim by jet propulsion, which means they suck water into a sac on their body and then blast it out a narrow siphon. This allows them to swim in any direction and to quickly alter their course. Some animals that eat octopuses include moray eels, seals, whales and some species of birds.
During the day, octopus like to stay in their dens. Octopuses are messy eaters, so an octopus den can be identified by a patch of shells from crabs and other animals near the entrance to the den. Octopuses eat lots of other animals, including crabs, scallops, cockles, abalone and almost any animal with a shell. They hunt for food during the night and on darker days. They use sensory organs on their tentacles to smell out prey and anaesthetize their prey with venom. An octopus can change the colour and texture of its skin to blend in better and avoid being eaten! They can change colour in just a few seconds.
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