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Remember Paul the octopus, the star of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, who correctly predicted the winner of the tournament? As teams battle it out at the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023, it’s time to step into the extraordinary world of octopuses. Here’re some crazy facts about them. (Source: News18 creative)

The copper-based protein hemocyanin binds oxygen molecules efficiently, allowing octopuses to thrive in cold, low-oxygen marine environments. (Source: News18 creative)

One heart circulates blood around the body, while two pump blood past the gills. This provides octopuses with a steady supply of oxygen. (Source: News18 creative)

An octopus’s 500 million neurons are distributed between a central brain and “minibrains” in each
arm, enabling independent control and movement of the arms. (Source: News18 creative)

Octopuses can rapidly change their skin colour, texture, and pattern using specialised cells called chromatophores. This helps them avoid predators and capture prey. (Source: News18 creative)

Octopuses are incredible animals, but one of their unique characteristics is that they eat their
arms when stressed or placed in an unsuitable environment. (Source: News18 creative)

Octopuses are extremely flexible creatures due to the absence of any bones. They can fit through very small spaces and change shape to fit into places that other animals cannot. (Source: News 18 Creative)

Octopuses have incredibly short lifespans, living for up to three years. The female octopus will only reproduce once. After mating, the female lays her eggs in a den she creates with her arms on the ocean floor or under rocks and coral reefs. (Source: News18 creative)