East Pacific red octopus
The East Pacific red octopus is a small octopus that lives along the North American West Coast. It is the most common shallow-water octopus in much of this region and hunts on the seabed. It is special because scientists have shown it has individual personalities, the first invertebrate found to have them.1

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- Its colour can vary from deep brick red to brown, to white, or a mottled mixture of these.1
- It can change both its colour and skin texture.1
- It has three eyelash-like papillae (small bumps) below each eye.1
- Adults usually have a mantle (body) length of 8–10 cm, with arms of 30–40 cm.1
Ñu ngi koy faral di jaxasoo ak: Small individuals of the giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) can be mistaken for it in the north of its range. The East Pacific red octopus has three eyelash-like papillae below each eye, which the giant Pacific octopus lacks.1
Kàttanu daŋar
Daŋar bi dafay génn ci bëñam yi su màttee.
Lan la daŋar biy sóob di def?
It uses venom to subdue its prey. After catching a bivalve such as a clam, it drills a hole through the shell near the adductor muscles and injects venom through that hole.1
Ni mu lore nit ñi?
Musiba ci nit: Dafay mettiMën na metti lool, waaye lu bon du faral di am.
Su màttee
- Immobilisation ak pression: laxasal ab bànd élastique bu dëgër ci kaw fa mu màtt, ba noppi nga laxas cër bi yépp jëm kaw, takkal ko attelle, te def ba nit ki bañ a yëngu dara ba ndimbal ñëw.
- Pieuvre à anneaux bleus walla cône (koxu géej) mën na taxawal noyyib nit ki, te xelam nekk ci ba tey: wooal ndimbal te nga pare ngir may ko noyyi (bouche-à-bouche) ba ambulaas bi jot te jël ko.
Saa su nekk, woo jëkk sa nimerob urgence (112, 000, 911). Lii ay ndigal yu yaatu ci ndimbal yu jëkk la, du ndigalu doktoor. Li war a xam ci ndimbal yu jëkk
Sàmmal sa bopp
- Bul laal mukk, bul jàpp, bul sonal ab rab bu àll, doonte bu ndaw la, te doonte dafa mel ni dafa nelaw walla dafa dee.
- May ko bérab. Su nga ko gisee, dalal, dellu ginnaaw ndànk-ndànk te bàyyi ko mu dem yoonam.
- Su benn màttee la: dalal, bul yëngu, woo sa nimerob urgence (112, 000, 911) walla dem lopitaan ci gaaw. Bul fàtte ni mu meloon, ab nataal dina dimbali.
Du la wut. Dafay jëfandikoo daŋaram ngir jàpp lu muy lekk walla ngir aar boppam, te nëbbu moo ko gën a neex. Yeneen ci ni ngay sàmme sa bopp
Fan ci àddina?
Ni mu réye?
Ni mu guddoo?
Ni mu diise?
guddu na ni 3 bloku tabax yu ñu toftale
mën na féey guddaayu pisin bu réy (50 m) ci 7,2 segondEast Pacific red octopus ni mu réye ci wetu YOW?
Ay waññ rekk ci sa navigateur. Dara du denc te dara du yónnee fenn.
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Xibaar
It was the first invertebrate in which individual personalities were demonstrated.1
In the 2016 Pixar film Finding Dory, a character named Hank is an East Pacific red octopus. The animators gave him seven arms because they could not fit all eight on his model.1
It drills holes in bivalve shells, often near the adductor muscles, to reach the prey inside.1
A 2011 study suggested it may choose prey based on how easily the fat can be digested rather than on calories.1
It was widely thought to be a young giant Pacific octopus before it was described as a species in 1953.1
Tasukatu léeb
Xalaat bu juum: Because captive animals were active at night, many people believed it hunts only at night.
Dëgg: A study in Puget Sound, Washington, found that a local population was likely active during the day (diurnal).1
Fa xibaar yi jóge
- East Pacific red octopus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Octopus rubescens (iNaturalist): tur ak ni ñu leen séddale.
- Venom Wiki: tolluwaayu musiba bi, réyaay bu yem bi ak xalaatu gaawaay bi, nun ñoo leen defar. Seetal ni nu leen waññe: Ni nuy natte musiba.
Xibaar bu nekk ci xët wii am na ab nimero buy won fa mu jóge. Su nu juumee, baal nu, nun ay nit ñu bëgg rab lanu, du ab jurnaalu xam-xam. Wax nu ko ci [email protected] te dinanu ko jubbanti.
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