OCTOPUSNaseem Ebrahimi

Mr. BuchmannPeriod 0

April 28 2011

STATS• Octopi come in lots of different colors and have

different shapes and designs on them.• They have a very round bag shaped body• They have 8 very strong and powerful arms• Some are really small and some are very big• Some are edible and so is their ink• They can see very well• Also most can be really intelligent

HABITAT

• Octopus can be found in every single ocean in the world

• Most of them are found in the arctic• They live in small wholes that are found in

rocks and coral• They have no bones so they can fit into

tiny places that others can not fit into• Also they like the ocean floor depending

one what kind of octopus they are

FOOD SOURCE

• Octopus have favorite foods which are shrimp, crab and mussels

• They are really skilled hunters and look for big prey like sharks and dogfish

• It wraps it’s arms around it then puts them in their big mouth

• If the octopus is having trouble, he can lose an arm in a fight

• Also the octopus can shoot out some black ink then get away as quickly as possible

• These fights happen with mostly with his worst enemy, the savage conger and moray eels.

HABITAT MAP

• Octopus are mostly found here

PHOTOS CITEDhttp://chrismuir1.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/octopus.jpg?

w=400&h=308http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d1Vcjjg964o/Slx58qDi4GI/AAAAAAAADAg/wIqptGZKgvs/s400/OctopusOctopus.jpg

http://lobsterfacts.livelob.com/images/weirdo.jpg

http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/img/OctopusMan_m368406.jpg

http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/media-live/graphic/map-giant-pacific-octopus-160-20055-cb1273173040.gif

WORK CITED• “Octopuses”. [Online]. Natural History Notebooks. Canadian Museum of

Nature. Last updated 2011-03-28. (Web site consulted 2011-04-28). http://www.nature.ca/notebooks/english/octopus.htm

• "octopus, cuttlefish, and squid." Compton's by Britannica, v 6.0. 2009. eLibrary. Web. 02 May. 2011.

• Shine, Jerry. "Long Arms of the Deep." World & I. 01 Sep. 1998: 172. eLibrary. Web. 02 May. 2011.

• "Common Octopuses, Common Octopus Pictures, Common Octopus Facts - National Geographic." Animals, Animal Pictures, Wild Animal Facts - National Geographic. Web. 02 May 2011. <http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/common-octopus/>.