Because octopi are the coolest
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inbunden: A “blanket octopus”, or a Tremoctopus.
From the wikipedia page: “These species have evolved an unusual defense mechanism: blanket octopuses are immune to the poisonous Portuguese man o’ war, whose tentacles the male and immature females rip off and use for defensive purposes.”
That’s effing rad!
Dark Roasted Blend: Awesome Octopi: Cephalopods from Outer Space
“Some octopi can hide in a most improbable spaces, making themselves seemingly as small as they wish to be. Here is one hiding inside a shell, and another one trying to hide behind a leaf”
Photo: “Bizarre” Octopuses Carry Coconuts as Instant Shelters
“A team led by biologist Julian Finn of Museum Victoria in Melbourne, Australia, was observing 20 veined octopi, and noticed that the animals were frequently using their approximately 6-inch-long tentacles to carry coconut shells bigger than their roughly 3-inch-wide bodies.
“An octopus would dig up the two halves of a coconut shell, then use them as protective shielding when stopping in exposed areas or when resting in sediment.
The octopus, after using the coconut shells, would arrange them neatly below the center of its body and ‘walk’ around with them.”
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Fact about the octopus:
They collect shells and use them as homes, shields, armor, weapons, camouflage, shovels and walls. Collections of shells by the octopus are called gardens.
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The Odd, Odd Octopus | mentalfloss
Ink
“In addition to its many other defenses, an octopus produces ink made of natural red melanin. It appears a dark brown when concentrated. A squirt of ink can help camouflage an animal, or distract a predator while the octopus escapes. The ink also contains tyrosinase, which irritates a predator’s eyes. The few octopus species that don’t produce ink tend to live in deep water, where visibility is already low.”
