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Blue Ringed Octopus: Thecephalopod Attacks

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Ocpti are quite gentle creatures. These cephalopods are quick, cunning and very adventurous. Unless they are in venery, they do not use their hypobranchial gland (ink sack), and rarely has there been cases of cephalopod attacks (http://www.thecephalopodpage.org/bluering2.php ). The only octopus that is often found and bitten people is the Blue Ringed Octopus. The Blue ringed octopus is deadly, and its venom can kill 26 adults in just a few minutes. Out of the recorded accidents/ injuries caused by the blue ringed octopus a good portion have died. Octopi in some species are endangered, because of being captured and hunted, even though there are some people who still agree that they are intelligent, flexible, and quite amazing.
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These cephalopods are quick, cunning and very adventurous. Unless they are in venery, they do not use their hypobranchial gland (ink sack), and rarely has there been cases of cephalopod attacks (http://www.thecephalopodpage.org/bluering2.php ). The only octopus that is often found and bitten people is the Blue Ringed Octopus. The Blue ringed octopus is deadly, and its venom can kill 26 adults in just a few minutes. Out of the recorded accidents/ injuries caused by the blue ringed octopus a good portion have died. Octopi in some species are endangered, because of being captured and hunted, even though there are some people who still agree that they are intelligent, flexible, and quite …show more content…

Many people including Japanese, American, Mexican, and Asian cultures eat these amazing mollusks.Unfortunatley due to being hunted, very few of these creatures are left, and researcher Katherine Courage says that there are 50,000 tons of octopi being caught each year. Some people try to help but to no avail for there are still hunters that get paid a lot of money for the giant octopus even though they are super smart.
Octopi are so intelligent in many ways, one of which being that they can figure out how to get out of any space bigger than their tentacle. "They are one of the smartest ocean animals and the smartest invertebrates" says Tracy Jackeline from the Smithsonian newspaper. Biologist say that they are as smart as the average 2 year old, which goes a long way with the animal kingdom. This being the case they can easily outsmart their prey as well as their intensley eager predators. They can even open a jar when they are outside or even inside of it and it is tightly

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