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Octopus is the animals that appeared approximately 500 million years ago and are generally found in the seas and oceans. The octopus crawls along the ocean bottom on its arms searching for its favorite foods. In the larger sense, there are around 300 recognized octopus species, which is over one-third of the total number of known cephalopod species and they are found in seas throughout the world.

Most of them are harmless. A typical octopus has a baglike body, and relatively long arm consisting of large eyes without fins. They are categorized by their eight long hands. Their eight long, slender arms reach out in all directions. Each arm consists of two rows of fleshy suckers that have a strong holding power. Octopus inhabit sea grass beds in bays and coastal waters as well as coastal reefs.

Octopuses vary greatly in size. The smallest are about 2 inches (5 centimeters) long. The largest may grow to 18 feet (5.5 meters) in length and have an arms1pan of almost 30 feet (9 meters). Octopuses often escape even from supposedly secure tanks, due to their high level intelligence, problem solving skills, mobility and lack of rigid structure. Around the world, octopuses are consumed as food in many countries around the world.

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