Wednesday 22 May 2013

The Dumbo Octopus



the next animal today is the dumbo octopus.the dumbo octopus lives in the ocean about 3,00 to 4,00 meters deep. the dumbo octopus is a carnivore and eat small crustaceans and small things on the ocean bed. the dumbo octopus swallows its food whole. the dumbo octopus us called what it is because of the big fins on its head. most people think it is their ears but it s not. the dumbo octopus uses its top fins to swim around in the deep ocean. the largest dumbo octopus was 6 feet and weighed 13 pounds. the female octopus like all octopus lays the eggs. dumbo octopuses biggest predator id the sharks that live around it. the difference from a male and female is the females tentacles are all the same but the male has two tentacles bigger than the rest used for mating. there are 37 species of the dumbo octopus. another thing is that the dumbo octopus does not squirt ink like other octopus it just swims away.the next animal i the Goliath tiger fish.

1 comment:

  1. Thank you.for.doing the.dumbo.octopus, i think they are adorable. I have a suggestion for an animal: the guinea pig. There are three unusual breeds i would love to see - the peruvian guinea pig, the werewolf skinny pig and the texel guinea pig, they are all weird but so cute!!

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