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  Octopus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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The octopus is a cephalopod of the order Octopoda that inhabits many diverse regions of the ocean, especially coral reefs.
In the larger sense, there are 289 different octopus species, which is over one-third the total number of cephalopod species.
Octopi derives from the mistaken notion that octopus is Latin.
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Blue-ringed Octopus becomes bright yellow with blue rings when it is provoked.
astigmatism, it appears that this is not a problem in the light levels in which an octopus typically hunts.
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.
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 Octopus -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
An octopus has a highly complex nervous system, only part of which is localized in its (That part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord) brain.
Octopus arms show a wide variety of complex (An automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus) reflex actions arising on at least three different levels of the nervous system.
By selecting a well-known species, such as the (additional info and facts about California Two-spot Octopus) 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.
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Octopus octopus octopus msg:taxonomy msg:regnum:Animal Animalia msg:Phylum:Mollusca Mollusca msg:Classis:Cephalopod Cephalopoda msg:Ordo:"Octopoda" Families Families 14 in two suborders, see text The "octopus" is a cephalopod cephalopod of the order order "Octopoda" that inhabits many diverse regions of the ocean ocean, especially coral reefs coral reefs.
In the larger sense, there are 289 different octopus species species, which is over one-third the total number of cephalopod species.
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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.
The octopus's suckers are eqipped with chemoreceptors so that the octopus can taste what it is touching.
Finally, there is octopussy (and the James Bond movie by that name) which pluralizes to octopussies and which is a blend word of octopus and pussycat, sometimes used as a term of endearment for octopus, but it's completely erroneous.
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chemoreceptors so that the octopus can taste what it is touching.
In 2005 it was reported that some octopuses can walk on two arms on a solid surface, while at the same time imitating a coconut or a clump of seaweed (see
Octopi derives from the mistaken notion that octopus is
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An octopus can also learn how to unscrew the lid of a jar with its arms, and the octopus called Einstein at the British Blue Reef Aquarium could open a tin within seconds with two arms, opening it even faster if it was filled with food.
This seems to suggest that octopuses have some concept of a self; otherwise only monkeys, apes and humans, and possibly some species of dolphins, are smart enough to understand that their mirrored images are not other animals.
However, it may also suggest that since an octopus's sense of taste (via its suckers) is highly acute, it quickly realizes there is no real octopus through the mirror, regardless of what it sees.
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Template:Taxobox authority Template:Taxobox end placement Template:Taxobox section subdivision 14 in two suborders, see text Template:Taxobox end The octopus is a cephalopod of the order Octopoda that inhabits many diverse regions of the ocean, especially coral reefs.
A new age of ocean exploration is lifting the veil of mystery shrouding a creature of legend -- the octopus...
The giant Pacific octopus is an intelligent creature.
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 Octopus
\nThe octopus is a cephalopod of the order Octopoda that inhabits many diverse regions of the ocean, especially coral reefs.
If the word were Latin, it would be octoped and the plural octopedes, analogous to centipedes and millipedes.
That said, Merriam-Webster now accepts octopi as a plural form.\nThe collective form octopus is also used, but is usually reserved for animals consumed for food.
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 Octopus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The octopus is a cephalopod of the order Octopoda that inhabits many diverse regions of the ocean, especially coral reefs.
Though rare and expensive, some people keep octopuses as pets.
This page was last modified 13:13, 24 Aug 2004.
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However octopuses are prone to escape, even from supposedly secure tanks, due to their intelligence and problem solving skills.
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