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Cephalopods do not have shells What other traits do they have to help make up for this lack of protection?
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What is an adaptation of a mollusk?
Some adaptations of mollusks include an operculum that most univalves have for protection, the radula of the moon snail that is used to drill through other shells to get their food, and the jet propulsion movement and ink sac of cephalopods to escape predators. - a jeark
What are two adaptations of a garden snail?
Some adaptations of mollusks include an operculum that most univalves have for protection, the radula of the moon snail that is used to drill through other shells to get their food, and the jet propulsion movement and ink sac of cephalopods to escape predators.
Do octopus eat giant squids?
Larger cephalopods have been known to eat smaller cephalopods, not the other way around.
What features relate cephalopods to other mollusks?
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What can other animal can do that tree frogs cant do?
Tortoises and turtles can both hide in their shells with a protection that a tree frog doesn't have.There are other things also.
How is a cephalopods way of moving different from that of most mollusks?
Cephalopods are the only mollusks with a closed circulatory system. They have two gill hearts (also known as branchial hearts) that move blood through the capillaries of the gills. A single systemic heart then pumps the oxygenated blood through the rest of the body. Like most molluscs, cephalopods use hemocyanin, rather than hemoglobin to transport oxygen
Is a squid a cephalopod?
Yes, an octopus is an cephalopod which means head foot. Other cephalopods include cuttlefish, squid, and an nautilus which is the only cephalopod that still carries a shell.
What features of the chambered Nautilus are not found in other cephalopods?
The chambered nautilus has more primitive eyes than some other cephalopods; the eye has no lens and thus is comparable to a pinhole camera. The species has about 90 tentacles with no suckers, which is also different from other cephalopods. Chambered nautiluses have a pair of rhinophores, which detect chemicals, and use olfaction and chemotaxis in order to find their food... -wikipedia
What is an octopus related to?
They are most related to other cephalopods like squid or cuttlefish. They are distantly related to other mollusks such as oysters or slugs.
How a squid and other cephalopods can move so rapidly.?
They take in water and shoot it out behind them like a jet.
Where do walruses get their food?
Well, walruses fish for their food. Walruses prefer molluscs & bivalves such as clams. They suck bivalve animals from the shells. Walruses also eat many other kinds of benthic invertebrates including worms, gastropods, cephalopods, crustaceans, sea cucumbers, and other soft-bodied animals. Walruses may occasionally prey on fishes such as polar cod.
Can cephalopods remember things?
The cephalopods shows a high level of intelligence than the other invertebrates. Whether it has memory or not is disputed, but it can use its preying techniques and locomotory techniques in a more flexible way (more intelligently according to situation).
