The Amazing Cephalopods! By: Matthew Dai and Yihui Liao

The Amazing Cephalopods!

By: Matthew Dai and Yihui Liao

What does my invertebrate look like?• Funnel• Head• Beak• Shell• 8 arms

What is my invertebrates habitat?

• Ocean invertebrates• World oceans• surface of the water• deepest water • warm tropical waters• cold water

What does my invertebrate eat and how does it get its food?

• some cephalopods bite their prey

• cephalopods eat crustaceans, snails, and etc.

• cephalopods catch prey with their arms

• cephalopods use their smell to help them

How does my invertebrate protect itself?

• camouflage• hiding den• changing body shape• changing color• looking like rocks, coral, and

seaweed• flash bright colors• octopus under sand

3 or more interesting facts on my invertebrate…

• common place where cephalopods live• ganglia • hearts• the life span of the cephalopods are

different based on where they live • cephalopods formed in the Ordovician

Period (44.6 million years ago)• Australian Blue-ringed Octopus has

strong poison• Octopi can’t hear• cephalopods is on top of the food chain

Any Questions???