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  Octopus
Blue-ringed Octopus becomes bright yellow with blue rings when it is provoked.
California Two-spot Octopus, one can choose a small octopus (around the size of a tennis ball) and be confident that it is young with a full life ahead of it.
Octopi derives from the mistaken notion that octopus is Latin.
www.edinformatics.com /culinaryarts/food_encyclopedia/octopus.htm   (1244 words)

  
 Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Octopus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Octopus arms show a wide variety of complex reflex actions arising on at least three different levels of the nervous system.
The tension receptors are not sufficient for the octopus brain to determine the position of the octopus's body or arms.
By selecting a well-known species, such as the California Two-spot Octopus, one can choose a small octopus (around the size of a tennis ball) and be confident that it is young with a full life ahead of it.
www.hallencyclopedia.com /Octopus   (1582 words)

  
 Octopus
However, reproduction is a cause of death: males can only live for a few months after mating, and females die shortly after their eggs hatch, for they neglect to eat during the (roughly) one month period spent taking care of their unhatched eggs.
Some octopuses, such as the mimic octopus, will move their arms in ways that emulate the movements of other sea creatures.
Octopi derives from the mistaken notion that octopus is a second declension Latin noun, which it is not.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/o/oc/octopus.html   (1775 words)

  
 Octopus - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
Octopus - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
Wikibooks has a Dichotomous Key related to this taxon:
video of octopus emerging from cover and fleeingca:Polp
www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/o/c/t/Octopus.html   (1589 words)

  
 Books on oceans and seas - OutdoorEbooks.com
Beyond The Beach Blanket: A Field Guide To Southern California Coastal Wildlife
The Oxford Book of the Sea (Oxford Books of Prose)
Pacific Coast Pelagic Invertebrates: A Guide to the Common Gelatinous Animals
outdoorebooks.com /oceans.htm   (2751 words)

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