They squirt thick, black ink at the enemy and propel themselves away. They also use there camouflage abilities to almost perfectly blend into the surroundings.
By squirting ink at the preadator and then swimming away while the preadator is confused.
Like the octopus, the squid use ink and a camouflage to blind the enemy predator and blend into its surroundings. Some squids (like the Humboldt squid) use hook on their sucker cups to defend it's self.
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An octopus does hit an enemy with its tail.
They protect themselves by squirting ink.
By camouflage . Blending into the same color as its surrounding makes it difficult for prey to seek out the octopus
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Doctor Octopus.
The term nemesis means enemy. A nemesis is someone that opposes one's self. For example, one of Spiderman's many nemesis's are Venom or Doctor Octopus.
Octopi species all have the ability to change color to match their surroundings, and can squirt a jet of ink like substance in the water to mask their escape.
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An inky substance.