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Common octopus

Octopus vulgaris

无害对人无害。不用担心。

咬伤吃：肉

The common octopus is a soft-bodied sea animal that is one of the most studied and most intelligent octopus species. It lives on rocky seabeds in shallow coastal waters around the Atlantic, the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. It uses venom to catch its prey.1

生活在

Eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean, Black Sea, southern England to South Africa; also Azores, Canary and Cape Verde Islands, and the Western Atlantic1

大西洋, 印度洋, 太平洋, 地中海, 红海, 加勒比海, 墨西哥湾

首页

It prefers the floor of relatively shallow, rocky, coastal waters, often no deeper than 200 m. It hides in a shelter for most of the time and crawls along the sea or ocean floor when it moves.1

长度

1 m (3.3 ft)1

体重

9 kg (20 lb)1

最高速度

约 40 公里/小时（25 英里/小时）

游泳: 喷气式的短距离冲刺

它吃什么？

It eats crabs, lobsters and bivalve molluscs such as cockles, but will eat almost anything it can catch. It uses its beak to break into the shells of shelled molluscs.1

Common octopus的照片 — Common octopus。照片：albert kok。 CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

怎样认出它

It can change colour to blend in with its surroundings.1
The mantle (body) grows up to 25 cm long.1
The arms can reach up to 1 m long.1
It hunts at dusk, often jumping onto unwary prey that passes by.1

毒液之力

咬伤

它咬的时候，毒液通过毒牙或牙齿出来。

它的毒液会造成什么？

It has venom that it uses to subdue its prey. The venom is used for hunting rather than for defence.1

它对人有多危险？

对人的危险: 轻微像被蜜蜂蜇一下或更轻。对人基本无害。

如果它咬人

加压固定法：用有弹性的绷带紧紧缠住咬伤处，再缠满整条肢体，用夹板固定，让人完全不动，直到救援到来。
蓝环章鱼或芋螺可能让人在清醒时停止呼吸：立刻呼救，并准备好做人工呼吸，直到救护车接手。

一定先拨打你的急救电话（112、000、911）。这里是一般急救指导，不是医疗建议。急救基础

注意安全

永远不要摸、抓或逗弄野生动物，即使是很小的，即使它看起来在睡觉或已经死了。
给它留出空间。如果遇到它，保持冷静，慢慢后退，让它走自己的路。
如果被它咬了：保持冷静，保持不动，拨打你的急救电话（112、000、911）或尽快去医院。记住它长什么样，拍张照片会有帮助。

它不是冲着你来的。它用毒液捕猎或保护自己，而且它更愿意躲起来。更多安全知识

在世界哪里？

非洲亚洲欧洲北美洲南美洲澳大利亚和大洋洲太平洋大西洋印度洋地中海红海加勒比海墨西哥湾

它有多大？

它有多长？

它有多重？

和 2 只家猫一样重

和 2 只家猫鼻子接尾巴一样长和 6 根香蕉首尾相接一样长4.5 秒就能游完一个大泳池（50 米）

Common octopus和你比起来有多大？

只是在你的浏览器里算一算。什么都不会被保存或发送到任何地方。

它有多快？

一名奥运游泳选手 约 8 公里/小时 (5 mph)

一只全速游的海豚 约 35 公里/小时 (22 mph)

Common octopus 约 40 公里/小时 (25 mph)

值得了解

事实

Each individual has about 500 million neurons in its body, almost comparable to dogs.1

It has three hearts: one main heart for the body and two smaller branchial hearts, one next to each set of gills.1

It can get about 41% of its oxygen through its skin when at rest.1

Octopuses have been seen collecting marine plants, algae, shells and rocks into 'gardens', which may have inspired the Beatles song 'Octopus' Garden' (1969).1

It was the first invertebrate animal protected by the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 in the UK.1