Ocean · Mollusc
Common octopus
Octopus vulgaris
The octopus is one of the smartest animals without a backbone. It can open jars, escape mazes, and change colour in a split second to disappear.
- Where it lives
- Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts
- Diet
- CarnivoreEats meat
- Weight
- 3–10 kg
- Length
- 1 m
- Lifespan (wild)
- 1–2 years
In Pawpedia: What is a mollusc?What is a carnivore?
Yaman scale
Drawn side by side with Yaman, to the same scale.
Length2×= 1 Yaman
It would take about 2 of them to match Yaman's height (length 1 m).
Weight5×= 1 Yaman
It would take about 5 of them to weigh as much as Yaman.
Common questions
Where does the common octopus live?
- Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts. In our zoo it lives in the Ocean zone.
What does the common octopus eat?
- It is a carnivore: it eats meat.
How big does the common octopus get?
- Length: 1 m. It weighs 3–10 kg.
How long does the common octopus live?
- 1–2 years in the wild.
Is the common octopus endangered?
- On the IUCN Red List it is listed as least concern. Plenty of them in the wild.
Did you know?
- It has three hearts and blue blood.
- It has no bones, so it can squeeze through any hole its beak fits through.
- It can taste things with the suckers on its arms.
How safe is it?
- LC
- NT
- VU
- EN
- CR
- EW
- EX
Least concern. Plenty of them in the wild.
IUCN Red List
