In honor of today’s International Cephalopod Awareness Day, here’s today’s octopus trivia:
An octopus has three hearts. Two hearts to pump blood through each of its two gills, and a third one to pump blood through its body.
Jason
It might also interest your readers to know that the esophagus of a cephalopod passes through the center of the animal’s brain on its way to the gut. Good thing they have those beaks to take small, bite-sized chunks out of their meals!
Marc L
I’ve just finished reading the book, “The Zen of Fish” and learned that the octopus also has a separate brain in each tentacle coordinated by one centralized brain in his head.
aware
did u get that octopus graphic from the church of the flying spaghetti monster?
azurada
i watched about it awhile ago..Octopus has 3 hearts..but i have question,where those hearts located?
janey simmons
i heard octupuses have 3 tenticles~….ewwww and three eye! omg is this true? sorry i’m not an octupus nerd so i don’t know…however i can tell you how many boyfriends angelina jolie has had
vanillaScream
janey simmons… why don’t you go comment things like that on celebrity gossip or something.
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