THE OCTOPUS
BY: LISA MARIA KNAPP
DIAGRAM OF AN OCTOPUS
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HERE YOU HAVE A FIGURE OF AN OCTOPUS AND SHOWS ITS BODY PARTS
SCIENTIFIC NAME OF
NORTH PACIFIC GIANT
OCTOPUS
• Enteroctopus dofleini
HOW DOES THE NORTH PACIFIC
GIANT OCTOPUS FEED?
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The giant Pacific octopus uses a parrot-like beak to tear its prey into
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small pieces
the octopus can inject a powerful neurotoxin that is stored in the salivary
glands to disable or kill its prey
HABITAT
• found in the coastal North Pacific, usually
at a depth of around 65 meters (215 ft). It
can, however, live in much shallower or much
deeper waters.
REPRODUCTION
• It can lay up to 100,000 eggs which are intensively
cared for by the females. Hatchlings are about the
size of a grain of rice, and only a very few survive
to adulthood.
• During reproduction, the male octopus deposits a
spermatophore (or sperm packet) more than 1 meter
long. Large spermatophores are characteristic of
octopuses in this genus.
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