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The Octopus

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A few of the words

BEAK
The octopus's beak is its only hard body part, made of chitin, similar in structure to an insect's shell, and sharp enough to crack open crab claws.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
SIPHON
An octopus moves by jet propulsion, drawing water into its mantle cavity and firing it through a muscular tube called a siphon, it can even steer the nozzle to change direction.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
MANTLE
The rounded, sack-like mantle behind an octopus's eyes holds its organs and does the breathing, gills inside draw oxygen directly from the passing seawater.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
PIGMENT
The skin of an octopus is packed with pigment-filled cells that expand or contract in milliseconds, letting it match the color and even the texture of nearly any surface nearby.Find this word in the grid to read its note.

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About The Octopus

The octopus is one of the ocean's most astonishing creatures, soft-bodied, boneless, and able to pour itself through any gap wider than its hard beak. Each arm works almost independently, lined with suckers so sensitive they can taste whatever they touch. When threatened, an octopus jets a cloud of dark ink to confuse a predator, then vanishes into a crevice, skin rippling through colors and textures in a heartbeat.

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