Essay On Octopus

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Planet earth has an amazing range of diversity among the living thing and the habits they live have caused species to evolve and adapted to their environments. A minuscule amount of this diversity will be explored by taking a closer look at Thaumoctopus mimicus, the mimic octopus, and Amorphophallus titanum, the titan arum.
The first animal, the mimic octopus, has acquired the unique adaption of being able to impersonate characteristic of other species as a mechanism of self defense. The mimic octopus’ full systematic classification is Animalia Mollusca Cephalopoda Octopoda Octopodidae Thaumoctopus mimicus. This octopus likes to live in shallow waters that are only 2 to 12 meters deep off the coast of Sulawesi, Indonesia and is restricted to this area. More specifically, it can be found at river mouths in the sand substrates, a habitat that flourishes in fauna, echinoderms, fish, crustaceans, and copious amounts of burrows and mounds. The mimic octopus has a striped coloration and, like all octopi, the mimic octopus has 8 arm-like appendages, a globe-like head, and can change the p...

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