I recently went to the library and got a bunch of random books on a variety of different topics as part of my “3 digit reading project“. The idea is to learn about different things and see what inspires me. One of the books that I got was on octopi, squid, cuttelfish and other cephalopods. Although I’ve seen these creatures in aquariums, I really didn’t know anything about them. What I learned from this book is that they have a lot of weird traits!

Some of those traits include:

• Ink shooting properties
• Color changing abilities
• Jet propulsion features
• Strange sizes, shapes and proportions

Tags: cephalopod, hubpages, octopus, science