Discover and watch how this giant Pacific octopus mother lays down her life to make sure that her eggs are safe.

A diver in Canada is shocked when a giant Pacific octopus reaches out, grabs his hand with its suckers, and begins pulling.

An octopus' siphon is primarily used to help it breathe, by moving oxygenated water over its gills, but they will also use it to propel themselves away from predators.

Also, the octopuses use their siphons to clear debris, but when they seem to launch materials at each other, they move their siphon under the web of their arms before blowing water out.

Godfrey-Smith et al., 2022, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0 Here, the octopus lifts the debris with her tentacles and forcefully launchesthem away with a burst of water from her siphon. Tap search Entertainment ...

Octopuses gathered material such as silt or shells, and released it while using a jet of water from their siphon (a tube-shaped structure that can eject water at speed) to propel it between their ...

The Clifford family of Edmond, Okla., tracked down an octopus for their son Cal, 9, who has been infatuated with the sea animals for years. What they didn’t expect were the 50 hatchlings.

Panel A — Octopus (left) projects silt and kelp through the water; B – an octopus (right) is hit by a cloud of silt projected through the water by a throwing octopus; C – shells, silt, algae ...