THE OCTOPUS BY: LISA MARIA KNAPP

DIAGRAM OF AN OCTOPUS HERE YOU HAVE A FIGURE OF AN OCTOPUS AND SHOWS ITS BODY PARTS

SCIENTIFIC NAME OF NORTH PACIFIC GIANT OCTOPUS Enteroctopus dofleini

HOW DOES THE NORTH PACIFIC GIANT OCTOPUS FEED? The giant Pacific octopus uses a parrot-like beak to tear its prey into small pieces the octopus can inject a powerful neurotoxin that is stored in the salivary glands to disable or kill its prey

HABITAT found in the coastal North Pacific, usually at a depth of around 65 meters (215 ft). It can, however, live in much shallower or much deeper waters.North Pacific found in the coastal NorthNorth

REPRODUCTION It can lay up to 100,000 eggs which are intensively cared for by the females. Hatchlings are about the size of a grain of rice, and only a very few survive to adulthood. During reproduction, the male octopus deposits a spermatophore (or sperm packet) more than 1 meter long. Large spermatophores are characteristic of octopuses in this genus.

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