Giant Pacific octopus
The giant Pacific octopus is the largest octopus species on Earth. It lives along the coasts of the North Pacific, from Baja California up to Alaska and across to Japan and Korea. It plays an important part in the health of deep sea ecosystems.1

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- It is the largest octopus species, with adults usually weighing around 15 kg.1
- Its arm span can reach up to 4.3 m.1
- Its largest suckers are about 6.4 cm across.1
- It is well camouflaged and often hides in kelp or its den.1
- Piles of shells and bones outside a den, called den litter, can show that one is nearby.1
Matla a chefo
Chefo e tswa ka meno a yona a chefo (fangs) kapa ka meno a mang ha e loma.
E kotsi hakae ho batho?
Kotsi ho batho: E bobebeJwaloka ho hlajwa ke notshi kapa ho fetang moo. Ha e na kotsi ho batho.
Haeba e loma
- Pressure immobilisation: phuthela bandeje e tiileng e huduhang (elastiki) hodima moo e lomileng teng ebe o nyolla setho sohle, o se tlame ka splint (lepolanka la ho se tshehetsa), mme o boloke motho a sa sisinyehe ho hang ho fihlela thuso e fihla.
- Octopus e nang le mehele e putswa kapa kgofu ya cone e ka etsa hore motho a emise ho hema a ntse a tsohile: bitsa thuso mme o itokisetse ho mo hemela ka molomo (rescue breaths) ho fihlela ambulense e nka boikarabelo.
Kamehla letsetsa nomoro ya tshohanyetso pele (112, 000, 911). Ena ke tataiso e akaretsang ya thuso ya pele, hase keletso ya bongaka. Metheo ya thuso ya pele
Dula o bolokehile
- O se ke wa ama, wa tshwara kapa wa tena phoofolo ya naheng, leha e le e nyenyane, le leha e shebahala e robetse kapa e shwele.
- E fe sebaka. Ha o kopana le yona, dula o kgutsitse, kgutlela morao butle mme o e tlohele e tsamaye ka tsela ya yona.
- Haeba e nngwe e o loma: dula o kgutsitse, o se ke wa sisinyeha, letsetsa nomoro ya tshohanyetso (112, 000, 911) kapa o ye sepetlele kapele. Hopola hore e ne e shebahala jwang, foto e a thusa.
Ha e o batle. E sebedisa chefo ya yona ho tshwara dijo kapa ho itshireletsa, mme e kgetha ho ipata. Ho eketsehileng ka ho dula o bolokehile
E kgolo hakae?
E telele hakae?
E boima hakae?
e telele jwaloka dintja tse 4 ho tloha nkong ho isa mohatleng
e telele jwaloka dibanana tse 24 tse latellanang
e ka sesa bolelele ba letangwane le leholo la ho sesa (50 m) ka metsotswana e 7,2Giant Pacific octopus e kgolo hakae ha e bapiswa le WENA?
Ke dipalo feela ka hara sebatli sa hao. Ha ho letho le bolokwang kapa le romelwang kae kapa kae.
E potlaka hakae?
Dintlha
Octopuses are ranked as the most intelligent invertebrates, and this species can recognise people it often meets and open childproof bottles.1
Its largest suckers can each support about 16 kg.1
The largest individual may have weighed 270 kg, with an arm span of 9.8 m, according to the fisherman who caught it.1
It spends about 94% of its time hidden in dens, kelp or camouflage.1
Unlike most octopuses, which live about one year, it lives three to five years.1
It is the largest octopus species on Earth.1
Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa chefo
- Lebitso la saense
- Enteroctopus dofleini
- Sehlopha
- Dikgofu tsa cone le di-octopus
- Lelapa
- Enteroctopodidae2
- Tatelano
- Octopoda
- Dikontinente
- Lewatle la Pacific, Mawatle
- Masea
- The female lays between 120,000 and 400,000 eggs on a hard surface and guards them for about 6 months, until they hatch. She dies soon after the young hatch. Hatchlings are about the size of a grain of rice, and very few survive to adulthood.1
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- e ka bang dilemo tse 51
- Kotsi ho batho
- 1 / 5: E bobebe3
Moo dintlha di tswang teng
- Giant Pacific octopus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Enteroctopus dofleini (iNaturalist): mabitso le tlhophiso.
- Venom Wiki: boemo ba kotsi, boholo bo tlwaelehileng le kakanyo ya lebelo ke tsa rona. Bona kamoo re di balang ka teng: Kamoo re lekanyang kotsi ka teng.
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