Did you know that an octopus has three hearts?
Your Task: In the comments, explain how you think this fact helps an octopus survive in the ocean. Make sure to write a thoughtful response that answers the question or completes the task. Your response should be at least three sentences long. Once you’ve posted your comment, read through your classmates’ responses and reply to at least three of them. When replying, focus on adding to the conversation, agreeing or disagreeing respectfully, and making connections to your own thoughts.
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14 Responses
I think that’s really cool to have 3 hearts, and I think each heart has a job of their own, maybe 1 heart gives them oxygen, and the other keeps the blood in them around their body.
I agree with Kevin T because having 3 hearts is an interesting fact about octopuses.
I think this fact won’t help me with anything I will forget this fact and it wont help me because I don’t like octopus and I don’t study them.
An octopus carries ink with them. This helps them because when they feel like they’re in danger they use it. When they use it on humans, it could take days and maybe weeks to wash out.
I like what Rudy C.H said because its important to know that about an octopus so I can be careful when I’m around one.
Fun Fact: Animal Edition
Fact fun about a dog is a dog a dog can smell fear or scared being that it going to attack you an probably will bit you and also a dog can smell 40 times better then a human being.
I knew that Octopuses have 3 hearts. I think this might help them survive in the ocean because it helps pump blood faster. With this ability, it might be able to move quicker and pump oxygen faster.
I think they it would keep them warm by pumping more boold that way they can go deeper in the ocean.
Fun fact about an elephant is that they have great memory! They recognize humans very well. Even though they don’t have great eyesight they never forget a face.
I agree with Angelah C because elephants are smart.
Did you know that Octopuses have 3 hearts? Well now you do! The three hearts help with pumping blood at higher pressure around the body to supply the octopuses’ active lifestyle, Also One heart circulates blood around the body, while the other two pump it past the gills, to pick up oxygen.
Did you know that flamingos actually have white skin instead of pink? Flamingos’ diet of brine shrimp and algae turns them pink. When a flamingo is born, their feathers are usually grey/white. Sometimes As the parents feed their chicks the crop milk, they are drained of their color, so much so that their plumage turns a pale pink or white! The parents gain this color back eventually as the chicks become independent and eat on their own.
It is somewhat strange to know that an octopus has 3 hearts, some of which contain oxygen and another that causes its blood to be produced throughout its body. I say I would survive but I would have to be very careful with the larger and wilder animals.
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