Blue-Ringed Octopus Stereotypes

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Blue-Ringed Octopus: Sunlight Zone
• Only lethal octopus known to man
• Has dual rows of suction cups
• “… produces a potent toxin known as Tetrodotoxin, which is uses in self-defense”
• Range is now recorded all over Australia, New Guinea, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia and Japan
• “… found in rubble or reef, cracks, small stones, on top of reefs and sandy bottoms…”
• Can fit in the palm of your hand
• Consume shrimp, fish, and hermit crabs
• Eaten by gropers, moray eels, sharks and snappers
Midwater Jellyfish: Transition Zone
• Carnivorous ambush predator
• When threatened, some of its 32 tentacles glow blue and red and drop off
• Found about 100-500 meters deep in sea
• Have no bones, heart, teeth, blood or a brain
• “… eat small plants,

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