Apparently, this animal's blood is blue -- infused with copper: haemocyanin -- which protects it from freezing water. As well, its venom is chemically formulated to be effective in freezing water.
The Antarctic giant octopus -- Megaleledone setebos -- lives in the Southern Ocean which surrounds the continent.
No, a snow octopus is not a real species. While there are various types of octopuses that inhabit cold waters, such as the Antarctic octopus, "snow octopus" is not a recognized term in marine biology. The idea may stem from the habitat of certain octopus species in cold, snowy environments, but it does not refer to a distinct type of octopus.
The telescope octopus, also known as the glass octopus, has a unique transparent body that allows it to blend in with its surroundings in the deep ocean. This transparency helps it evade predators and ambush its prey effectively. Additionally, its gelatinous body structure and lack of pigment help it remain nearly invisible in dimly lit environments.
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There are quite a few species of octopus in the waters around Antarctica. Antarctica was the ancestral home of the octopus millions of years ago and all current otcopus species are descended from that one Antarctic octopus species.
When an octopus is alarmed, it squirts ink at its predator to blind it momentarily while it escapes.
they eat fish such as cod and and antarctic silverfish thay also feed on crab and octopus
The Antarctic Pearlwort has many adaptations that it needs to survive. One behavioural adaptation that it has is that the Antarctic Pearlwort grows to each other, a strategy that helps it to resist the effects of cold weather and reduce damage caused by strong Antarctic winds
There are many Antarctic sea creatures. Five of these amaizng creatures are an Antarctic octopus, sea spiders, tunicates, marine woodlice, sea lemons. Also Polarbears are not sea animals but howver they od swim in the cold waters of Antarctica
An octopus has eight "arms" or tentacles to grasp things, a hard beak to crunch food with, a soft body to hide in tiny cracks, and a jet propulsion system to swim with.
It is one of four new discovery's made in the Antarctic sea's. It lives hundreds of feet in the sea, and was only discovered this year.
According to its Wikipedia page: "It grows to at least 28 cm in mantle length and 90 cm in total length."