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How do octopuses breathe?

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the octopus can breathe through its eight legs. The eight legs have little holes in them that way the octopus breathe. Also the octopus belongs to the phylum mollusk. Octopus's are Ectothermic. And a structure for defense is they can flee very very quickly, expel ink, or use fast color changing camouflage. They eat shell fish such as clams and snails. They use there strong beak to puncture the shell of its prey and suck out the contents! Thanks you.

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WRONG! Octopuses breathe by passing a current of water across their gills, pulsing their mantle in and out (the gills are inside their mantle cavity).
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They pass currents of water through their gills to absorb oxygen from water, pulsing their mantle in and out and then exhale through a tube called a siphon.
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The mantle is really a highly muscled structure that houses all the animal’s organs. Its gills, hearts, digestive tract and reproductive glands are crammed into that one space.
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Octopuses breathe through their sucker holes in their tentacles.

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As they are water animals they can live in water.

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