Amazing Octopuses
By: Giovonni Gonzalez
Introduction
This amazing organism has some of the most extravagant ways to live. These amazing creatures move in many unique ways, catch food in many amazing ways, and their unique colors.
How It Moves
These extravagant creatures have many ways to move. Many octopuses use jet propulsion. The octopus sucks up water through a cavity in their body. Then the octopus shoots the water out at amazing speeds so they could swim. Can you imagine that octopuses could swim up to 25 mph with jet propulsion. For an octopus in my opinion that is extremely fast. Another way octopuses move is by crawling. Many octopuses crawl because they're scared and want to get away from the predators. Octopuses can blend in with the sand so the octopus looks like sand. It is crazy that octopuses can walk on land but not for long. It's extraordinary to the that while you are relaxing on the beach there is a chance that an octopus will come out the water then go back in.
What It Eats
Octopuses have many strategies to catch food. One of the ways are squirting ink at their prey. Octopuses squirt ink to stun their prey so the octopus can eat them Another way octopuses catch food is by camouflaging with their surroundings. Octopuses like to sit at the bottom of the ocean and wait for their prey to come. When the octopus sees their prey the octopus strikes. Also octopuses eat many varieties of food. One of the food octopuses eat are lobster. The lobster is one of the easiest things octopuses can catch because lobsters are slow. Another food octopuses eat are clams. Its crazy to think that an octopus will eat other octopus at are other octopuses When an octopus is about to die of hunger and cannot find food. An octopus will look for the nearest octopus and eat it so they could survive in the ocean.
The Color
These amazing creatures have many variations of color. When an octopus is red the octopus is showing anger When an octopus is scared its body will turn white to show fear. Octopuses come in many colors. Many octopuses blend in with the coral, rocks, or even the sand. So if a shark swims by the shark won't even notice the sitting octopus. Also octopuses can change color to scare off predators. An octopus could change color to make themselves seem a lot bigger and scarier.
Conclusion
So this fascinating creature of the ocean has some of the most unique ways to live. From their crazy ways to move, What they eat, to their amazing variations of color. In my opinion octopuses are one of the most amazing creatures in the ocean.
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