Under The Abyss: Meet The Ocean's Weirdest Animals
Under The Abyss: Meet The Ocean's Weirdest Animals
Have you ever gone to the beach?, got a whiff of the salty air, gone barefoot on the prickly sand, built sandcastles which don't stand more than a few seconds before the boundless oceans sweeps it away. If you have, then you probably really enjoy it or really hate it, there is NO in-between in those two categories. While I was jogging across the coastline, I stopped to ponder for a minute, what IS actually under the ocean, if there are microorganisms on the land, then there must be some in the water as well. There are a lot of animals that live on the Earth, and we see them often because we humans are a part of Earth as well, but how many creatures are actually there in the oceans that we are yet to know?, because we can't survive for a long time without breathing, there are oxygen tanks but we still need to refill them regularly. However, there are still some creature that we study about and come across (sometimes) on the shore.
Octopus: These guys might LOOK scary, but they come in a lot of different variants like the Giant Pacific octopus and the Opisthoteuthis californiana (Hehe, good luck trynna pronounce that) which is this little guys in the picture. They are known for these extremely unusual bodies (they don't have any bones, which is why their movement is very hasty), They are part of an animal group called Mollusca and they're actually pretty intelligent. They (scientists and experts) conducted a lot of mazes and if solved or answered correctly were given a meal as a reward, and the results were mind-blowing, they were able to crack all the puzzles and reach the target (more food mwahahaha!). I think one fun fact about the octopus that we have learnt when we were kids was that Octopuses have 8 arms. Another feature about the animal is that it's body contains blue blood due to a copper-based pigment called hemocyanin. They also have 3 hearts, which is so cool, like imagine not having to worry about dying (Never mind, they live for only a few years 😔). Octopuses have the ability to regrow their limbs like axolotls and lizards. All octopuses are venomous, but the blue-ringed Octopus is extremely venomous and can be fatal to humans. Even octopuses are scared sometimes and when they are, they let out a black-inky substances to blind they're enemies and run away. Have you ever seen a chameleon? well, the octopus is the chameleon of the sea, it can change color and camouflage with it's surroundings. So if you ever see and Octopus, RUN cause they're territorial and may see you as a threat but, they're great with tools. They build their home roofs out of coconuts. They walk with they're arms, so they basically doing a hand-stand 24/7. They have mouth shaped like a parrot. So do what you want with that information.
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