To blind the predator and buy some time to get away
The octopus sprays a amount ink (when being attacked) .Then it swims away.
octopus have an ink gland that holds the ink until the octopus decides he is in danger and sprays its enemy with it. The ink of the octopus is toxic and if the predator stays withing reach of the ink for prolongued periods of time it can die.
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if they get attacked they use there ink like skills to ink something
· People wrote with quills and ink made from gum, soot, and sometimes the ink of an octopus
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they use there special ink to defend them selves
octopus use there mouth to feel and taste things. also, octopus only squirt ink to let his predator know that he is going to fight.
Only some species of octopus can shoot ink.
im not sure but i know its from an ink sak in the octopus
They actually sray ink to tell the predator they are going to fight. an octopus is extremely strong and has poison just in case
No. The ink expelled by the octopus is simply a defence mechanism, to allow it to escape its predators. The ink is replenished within the creatures body after use.