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THE OCTOPUS. BY: LISA MARIA KNAPP. DIAGRAM OF AN OCTOPUS. 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 OCTOPUS BY: LISA MARIA KNAPP
DIAGRAM OF AN OCTOPUS • 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? • The giant Pacific octopus uses a parrot-like beak to tear its prey into 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. found in the coastal North
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.