Octopus can tear up ... sharks

The giant octopus that lives in the Pacific Ocean is the largest and "longest" octopus of its kind in the world.

The largest specimen of this species is known as an octopus 9.1 m long and weighing 272 kg. While an average Pacific octopus is 5 meters long, weighs 50 kg.

An Pacific octopus lived on average for 4 years. Both males and females die shortly after birth. They usually fast during the months they hatch and die immediately after the hatching task.

One female can lay 100,000 eggs at a time. Young hatchlings are only as small as rice seeds. But very few of them survived to adulthood.

Giant Pacific octopus is reddish brown. Special pigments in the skin help them change color and texture to blend into coral. They can even transform into the most complex patterns of plants and rocks.

A tentacle of this octopus can be more than 6m long.

Giant Pacific octopus hunts mainly at night, living on shrimp, shellfish and fish but they can also attack and eat both sharks and birds. They use sharp tassels to pierce their prey and tear their flesh.

Depending on the type of prey, they have different ways of handling. With fish, they paralyze their prey like a toxic saliva, then tear the bait with a beak like its parrot. With crabs, octopus find ways to tear away its harmful effects and then slowly enjoy the meal.

In addition, the Pacific giant octopus can also change colors according to their wishes or moods . At the same time, they can also change their body structure, mimicking the surroundings in a very similar way.

Huge octopus reside in both warm waters of the Pacific Ocean, from Southern California to Alaska, west of the Aleutian Islands and Japan.

They are also considered to be very intelligent creatures : can learn how to open jars, mimic other octopus and can escape the maze in the laboratory.

Although possessing a giant body, this octopus can cleverly squeeze the body through tiny holes, even through a small hole with a lemon.

The number of these giant octopus living in the ocean is still unknown. But their names are mentioned in the list of endangered or vulnerable animals.

The giant Pacific octopus is very sensitive to environmental conditions and can be threatened if its habitat is highly polluted.