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Someone asked me to talk about squids and octopuses.... So i did some research
ok so first im going to talk about the Hawaiian Bobtail Squid!!!
Someone asked me to talk about squids and octopuses.... So i did some research
ok so first im going to talk about the Hawaiian Bobtail Squid!!!
The Hawaiian bob tail squid is also known as Euprymna scolopes is a species of
bobtail squid in the family Sepiolidae. It is native to the central Pacific
Ocean, where it occurs in shallow coastal waters off the Hawaiian Islands and
Midway Island. The type specimen was collected off the Hawaiian Islands
and is deposited at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C.
E. scolopes grows to 30 millimetres
(1.2 in) in mantle length. Hatchlings weigh 0.005 grams (0.00018 oz) and
mature in 80 days. Adults weigh up to 2.67 grams (0.094 oz). In the wild, E.
scolopes feeds on species of shrimp, including Halocaridina rubra, Palaemon debilis,
and Palaemon pacificus. In the laboratory, E. scolopes has been reared on a
varied diet of animals, including, brine shrimp, mosquitofish, prawns , and
octopuses (Octopus cyanea).
The bioluminescent bacterium, V. fischeri, is horizontally
transmitted throughout the E. scolopes population. Hatchlings lack these
necessary bacteria and must carefully select for them in a marine world
saturated with other microorganisms
E. Scolopes babys:
ok now ill talk about an octopus
Blue Ringed Octopus
The blue-ringed octopuses (genus Hapalochlaena) are three
(or perhaps four) octopus species that live in tide pools and coral reefs in
the Pacific and Indian Oceans, from Japan to Australia (mainly around southern
New South Wales and South Australia). They are recognized as one of the
world's most venomous marine animals.Despite their small size and relatively
docile nature, they can prove a danger to humans. They can be recognized by
their characteristic blue and black rings and yellowish skin. When the octopus
is agitated, the brown patches darken dramatically, and iridescent blue rings
or clumps of rings appear and pulsate within the maculae. Typically 50-60 blue
rings cover the dorsal and lateral surfaces of the mantle. They hunt small
crabs, hermit crabs, and shrimp, and may bite attackers, including humans, if
provoked.
baby blue ringed octopus:
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