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THE MASTER OF CAMOUFLAGE

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Ph. by Dimitri Brosens · CC0
Ph. by Dimitri Brosens · CC0

THERE ARE MORE THAN 300 SPECIES OF OCTOPUSES AROUND THE WORLD.

WHERE
THEY
LIVE

They inhabit tropical waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans, including the Red Sea, from East Africa to Japan, Australia, and the Pacific Islands.

Eight arms covered in suckers with remarkable strength and sensitivity.

Skin capable of changing color, texture, and shape within seconds to camouflage or communicate.

Highly intelligent: they can recognize objects, remember routes, and solve problems.

They can reach up to 80 centimeters in length with their arms extended.

They have no bones, and their flexible bodies allow them to enter extremely small spaces.

DID YOU KNOW?

• They have three hearts and blue blood, thanks to a molecule called hemocyanin.

• Females care for their eggs for weeks without feeding and die shortly after the eggs hatch.

• Most of their neurons are in their arms, allowing the arms to move and react almost independently.

• When escaping a predator, they release a cloud of ink that does more than conceal them: it also confuses the attacker's sense of smell.

Ph. by Dimitri Brosens · CC0
Ph. by Kaithefishguy · CC BY-SA 4.0

Because it is often said that encountering an octopus is the closest we will ever come to meeting an alien intelligence on Earth. Honestly, we could not agree more.

Ph. by Andrew Gray / NOAA · Public Domain
Ph. by Cello Caruso-turiello · CC BY 4.0
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