Octopus

Octopus Images for kids

Octopus Species

• Blue-ringed Octopus
• Giant Pacific Octopus

Octopus Activities for kids

Drawing Practice	Image Warp	Desk Calendar	Jigsaw Puzzle Easy Medium Hard	Tile Puzzle Easy Medium Hard	Puzzle Square Easy Medium Hard	Door Hanger
Frame Picture	Coloring Page

Octopus Facts & Trivia for kids

• Octopuses are extremely flexible, boneless creatures.
• Octopuses hunt and forage primarily at night.
• Male Octopuses are larger than females.
• Octopuses have a well developed sense of site.
• When swimming the rear part of the Octopus leads.
• Octopuses are one of the most intelligent of invertebrates.
• Some Octopuses can be kept as pets.
• The world's largest Octopus is the Giant Pacific Octopus.
• An Octopus has three hearts.
• Octopus can shoot a cloud of black ink into the water when disturbed by another creature.
• Octopus have eight arms.
• Octopuses can squeeze their flexible bodies into tiny caves and crevasses for protection.
• If an Octopus loses a tentacle is grows a new one in its place.
• Octopuses sometimes change color to avoid being caught by preadators.
• Octopuses have beaks. They use their beaks to break crabs and mollusks they eat.
• Recent studies show that all Octopus species are venomous.

Octopus Links for kids

• Animal Planet
• National Geographic
• Wikipedia Octopus information
• YouTube BBC Worldwide - Wow! Giant octopus - extreme animals