What do octopuses eat? Detailed answer

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What do octopuses eat?

If you ever run into an octopus underwater, it's best to stay away from it! The octopus, of course, is not as dangerous as its appearance or the way we imagine it can be judged. But nevertheless meeting with him can be very unpleasant. The fact is that the octopus can bite, and its bite is poisonous.

The octopus has very strong jaws, similar to the beak of a parrot. Not to mention the fact that the bite itself is very painful, but after all, an octopus can also inject poison when bitten. Usually the octopus uses this poison to get food. For example, he can paralyze a crab and eat it without any interference. The usual food of the octopus is crabs, fish and other marine animals, which it captures with suckers and tears into pieces with its jaws. But a hungry octopus ceases to be picky about food. It eats almost anything it can catch and rip apart.

An unusual look to the octopus is given by its eight tentacles. They are very long and flexible, and on their lower part there are rows of suction cups that help the octopus grab and hold any prey very tightly. The octopus does not use these long tentacles for locomotion. At the back of his body is a funnel-shaped siphon, with which he is able to release a jet of water with great force. This allows him to move very quickly.

Did you know that the ancient Greeks and Romans also caught octopuses to eat? The Romans considered it a great delicacy. And even today, Greeks, Italians and Chinese eat salted or dried octopus with great pleasure.

Author: Likum A.

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What is a viper?

The viper is one of the varieties of snakes. It belongs to a family of snakes called vipers (viper snakes), which includes some of the most venomous snakes on earth. The same group of snakes includes the rattlesnake, the moccasin water snake, the copperhead, the South American bushmaster, the common European viper, and the African horned viper.

The snake that killed Cleopatra was most likely a horned African viper. The poison of these snakes destroys the blood vessels, and the victim dies from hemorrhage. All vipers have a thick body and a flat triangular head. Their poisonous teeth located in the upper jaw are actually very long. Inside these teeth there is a channel connected to the poison glands located in the cavities behind the eyes. During a snake bite, the chewing muscles contract and the venom is squirted through the teeth into the open wound.

A medium-sized snake can inject about half a teaspoon of poison into the victim's body at a time! It is useless to pull out teeth from such snakes, because new ones always grow in their place! Viper snakes are divided into two families: true vipers, which are found only in Europe and in some parts of Africa, and spotted pit snakes, which are similar in many structural features to viper snakes, living in the Western Hemisphere and somewhere in Asia.

The most poisonous viper is found in India, its length reaches 1,5 m, but, generally speaking, vipers attack a person only when they are disturbed or prevented from hunting. Still, it's best to stay away from them!

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