answersLogoWhite

0


Best Answer

Octopuses eat small crabs and scallops,plus some snails, fish, turtles and other octopuses.
adult octopi eat crabs, clams, snails, small fish and even other smaller octopi. they use small parrot like beaks to crush their pray.

User Avatar

Wiki User

7y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar
More answers
User Avatar

Wiki User

7y ago

Octopuses eat crabs, crayfish, small fish, snails and molluscs.

This answer is:
User Avatar

User Avatar

Wiki User

12y ago

Octopus eat crabs , shellfish , starfish , etc...

This answer is:
User Avatar

User Avatar

Wiki User

12y ago

they eat mostly small fishes ,red rocks etc..

This answer is:
User Avatar

User Avatar

Wiki User

15y ago

octopuses eat shellfish,snails,turtles, especially crabs. The suction helps the octopus grab its food. Octopuses eat only once or twice everyday.

This answer is:
User Avatar

User Avatar

Wiki User

10y ago

It depends on the species, but most octopus eat gastropods and bivalves (snails, oysters, clams etc) as well as crabs and crayfish.

This answer is:
User Avatar

User Avatar

Wiki User

7y ago

Many octopus eat small fish,snails,crabs and clams.
Many octopus eat small fish,snails,crabs and clams.

This answer is:
User Avatar

User Avatar

Wiki User

13y ago

crab,fish,and mollusks

This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: What food do octopuses eat?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

What kinds of food do octopus eat?

octopuses are known to eat small fish like nemo and dory


What animals eat octopi?

people and other octopuses


What do octopuses and squids eat?

Usually octopuses eat crabs, clams and some other fishes too.


What do octopaus eat?

Octopuses eat shrimp, lobsters, crabs, snails and sometimes fish and other octopuses. Most octopuses hunt at night when their pray is sleeping.


Do octopuses eat shrimp?

no


How do octopuses catch food?

Octopuses have the ability to camouflage and they pounce on their prey. Most octopuses hunt at night. The giant octopus usually feeds on bivalves, crabs, and lobster, but will eat a range of species. They have also been observed eating fish, sharks, and even birds.


Does a shark eat octopuses?

yes


Why do octopuses eat themselves?

they dont


Does a octopus eat a seal?

Negative; not any octopus that I have ever heard of. Bottom-dwelling octopuses main source of food is crabs, polychaete worms, and other molluscs such as whelks and clams. As for open-ocean octopuses, they eat mainly prawns, fish and other cephalopods.


Where do octopuses get their food?

Since octopuses live in rocks and such they will find a lot of fish hiding from their predators.


Do octopuses get nutrients from their food?

Yes. That is the primary purpose of food.


What do octopuses feed on?

the like to eat clams