Marine Biology: Understanding the Amazing Octopus

🦑Octopus Fun Facts! 🐙 Three Hearts – Octopuses have three hearts! Two pump blood to the gills, and one pumps it to the rest of the body. 🐙 Blue Blood – Their blood is blue due to a copper-based molecule called hemocyanin, which helps them survive in low-oxygen environments. 🐙 Master of Disguise – Octopuses can change color and texture to blend into their surroundings, thanks to special skin cells called chromatophores. 🐙 Escape Artists – With no bones and a soft body, an octopus can squeeze through openings as small as its beak! 🐙 Super Smart – They can solve puzzles, use tools, and have even been seen unscrewing jar lids from the inside. 🐙 Size Variety – Octopuses range in size from tiny species like the Octopus wolfi (less than 1 inch long, found in the warm waters around Indonesia and the Philippines) to the giant Pacific octopus (up to 16 feet and over 100 pounds, found in the cold northern Pacific Ocean from Japan, across Russia, to the west coast of North America — including the U.S. (Alaska, Washington, Oregon) and Canada). 🐙 Short Lifespans – Despite their intelligence, most octopuses live only 1–2 years, with some giant species reaching 3–5 years. 🐙 Ink Defense – When threatened, they release a cloud of ink that both obscures them and irritates predators’ senses. Like and subscribe for more brain fuel discoveries! Credits Videos by JUN HO LEE from Pexels Video by Jozef Papp from Pexels Video by Entdecker Fuchs from Pexels Video by Tom Fisk from Pexels Video by mr-sragenesia from Pixabay Video by Jack Drafahl from Pixabay Video by Bastien BRACQ from from Pixabay Video by Kanenori from Pixabay Video by Yurii Karpenko https://www.tiktok.com/@dbrainfuel https://www.instagram.com/dbrainfuel/ https://www.youtube.com/@d-brainfuel https://www.facebook.com/people/D-Brain-Fuel/61574529035003/