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The Amazing Octopus

The Amazing Octopus. http://www. vision .caltech.edu/feifeili/101_ObjectCategories/octopus/image_0013.jpg. By Melissa Neise. Family Ties. The octopus is a member of the mollusk family. Related to snails and clams Octopi are invertebrates No backbones.

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The Amazing Octopus

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  1. The Amazing Octopus http://www.vision.caltech.edu/feifeili/101_ObjectCategories/octopus/image_0013.jpg By Melissa Neise

  2. Family Ties • The octopus is a member of the mollusk family. • Related to snails and clams • Octopi are invertebrates • No backbones http://www.allthesea.com/img/sea-shell-mollusk-01.gif

  3. Octopus Life Cycle • An octopus lays eggs • Mother octopus dies after laying eggs • Babies look like little adults http://www.octopus.huji.ac.il/index.html

  4. Octopus Diet • Octopi eat scallops, small fish, and even other octopuses • Kill prey with sharp beak and suck out flesh • Eat mostly at night http://www.naryves.com/pj/recipes/sushi.jpg

  5. Octopus Habitat • Octopuses live in tropical oceans and other warm bodies of water • Like to live near caves for protection from predators http://www.it.bond.edu.au/jmontgomery/uwphotos/2003GoldCoast/

  6. Octopus Adaptations • Inkjets to squirt attackers • Flexible arms with suckers to move rocks and other underwater objects • Beak for stabbing prey, injecting venom, and sucking out flesh • Look like rocks so they can hide http://www.octopus.huji.ac.il/index.html

  7. Amazing Octopus Facts • Considered very intelligent by scientists • Can open jars and get through mazes • If an octopus loses an arm, it will grow back! http://www.it.bond.edu.au/jmontgomery/uwphotos/2003GoldCoast/

  8. Were you listening? • Does an octopus have a backbone? • What do baby octopuses look like? • How does an octopus eat? • Why do octopuses live near caves? • Why does an octopus have inkjets? • Why do scientists think octopi are intelligent?

  9. Works Cited http://www.cde.ca.gov/ http://www.marinelab.sarasota.fl.us/OCTOPI.HTM http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/invertebrates/octopus/Octopuscoloring.shtml http://www.octopus.huji.ac.il/index.html http://www.npca.org/marine_and_coastal/marine_wildlife/octopus.asp http://pbskids.org/lions/words/images/octopus.gif http://www.vision.caltech.edu/feifeili/101_ObjectCategories/octopus/image_0013.jpg http://www.allthesea.com/img/sea-shell-mollusk-01.gif

  10. Works Cited (cont.) http://www.it.bond.edu.au/jmontgomery/uwphotos/2003GoldCoast/ http://www.it.bond.edu.au/jmontgomery/uwphotos/2003GoldCoast/ http://www.naryves.com/pj/recipes/sushi.jpg

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