did you know…
Octopuses are: (Nuwer)
a) Not smart
b) Kinda smart
c) Smart
d) Really smart!!
Octopuses have 3 hearts! (we love so much!) (Nuwer)
Octopuses’ main predators are: (“Octopuses.”)
a) moray eels
b) large fish
c) seals
d) sperm whales
e) sea otters
f) birds
g) HUMANS!
Octopuses have blue blood (Nuwer)
Octopus Diet: “Newly hatched octopuses will eat small foods such as copepods, larval crabs, and sea stars.
Adult octopuses feed on crabs, clams, snails, small fishes, and even other octopuses.” (cannibalism?! yikes) (“Octopuses.”)
Sources:
1) Nuwer, Rachel, and Sonja Anderson. “Ten Wild Facts About Octopuses: They Have Three Hearts, Big Brains and Blue Blood.” Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Mar. 2024, www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/ten-wild-facts-about-octopuses-they-have-three-hearts-big-brains-and-blue-blood-7625828/.
2) “Octopuses.” National Wildlife Federation, www.nwf.org/Educational-Resources/Wildlife-Guide/Invertebrates/Octopuses#:~:text=Moray%20eels%2C%20fish%2C%20seals%2C,many%20birds%20prey%20on%20octopuses. Accessed 16 Mar. 2025.