Suckers

The octopus uses its suckers to grab things. The suckers can taste potential foods.

suckers

suckers

Mantle

The mantle houses all the internal organs. The octopus can pull water into the mantle to push the water out the siphon for jet propulsion.

beak

Beak

With its beak, the octopus

can crush shells to get to

food inside. When the octopus

uses its beak to bite prey,

it injects venom to immobilize or soften the prey before eating them.

Siphon

The octopus pushes water out of the siphon for jet propulsion. The siphon also gets rid of waste and squirts ink at predators.

siphon

Arms

The octopus’ arms are made up of powerful muscles. It uses its arms to crawl, grab, and move objects.

arms

arms

arms

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gills

ink sac

The octopus is a complex animal with many unique structures. It can creep, crawl, and jet. It can change its skin color and texture, release ink, grab with arms, and bite with a beak. All of these structures work together to help the octopus survive.

Tap each part of the

octopus to learn the

function of that structure.

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