is an octopus a carnivore?

Answer 1

Yes, all cephalopods are predators. The size of their prey depends on their size (or rather, the size of their "beak" and mouth).

Here's a very small cute one (not much to do with the question, but it's beautiful):
http://www.tonmo.com/images/content/basicocto1.jpg

PS: I found this site with good information and also a photograph of the octopus beak :
http://www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/programs/expert/octopus/index.html

Answer 2

Octopus Carnivore

Answer 3

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Carnivores that routinely hunt humans include tigers, grizzly bears, polar bears, African lions, jaguars, great white sharks, tiger sharks, saltwater crocodiles, Nile crocodiles, European grey wolves, and leopards. In many parts of the world, herbivores kill more people than carnivores - African water buffalo, hippopotomi, wild boars, and tapirs are examples. Children are sometimes taken by large constrictors (Burmese pythons, reticulated pythons, and anacondas) and mid-sized cats (pumas, etc.). Several breeds of large dog were bred as war animals, especially several of the mastiffs - these breeds are nearly or completely extinct now, though they never ran feral. Venomous snakes, scorpions, cone snails, jellyfish, and octopus (e.g., blue-ringed octopus) all claim human casualties as well. There was an unusual pride of lions - maneless, huge, and very pale - that took more than a hundred humans over several years in the Tsavo region of Africa - they might fit your bill. The Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago currently displays mounts of a couple of these lions, and could probably give you more information.

Answer 4

Wolverines are very aggressive, but not particularly large. If you already have polar bears, how about the brown bear? The grizzly and Kodiak are both subspecies of brown bear. They can be highly aggressive and dangerous, and are more likely to attack people than most other species, because when they are startled they often respond with an 'attack is the best defence' response. In response to Xanthi's answer, I would like to point out that very few animals 'routinely' hunt humans. Crocodiles regularly take humans as prey, but this is more to do with the way they hunt than them deliberately targetting humans - they lie in wait at the water's edge and ambush anything of reasonable size that comes to the water. Big cats generally do not see humans as prey, and only turn to man-eating if they are old or injured and can no longer hunt their natural prey. Leopards are the cat which kills the most people, followed by tigers. Lions kill few people by comparison, and it is extremely rare for a jaguar to attack a human. There is no record of a healthy wolf ever attacking a human - all reports of 'wolf attacks', when investigated, have proved to be attacks by feral dogs, wolf-dog hybrids, or rabid wolves. In the case of sharks, attacks on humans are usually a case of mistaken identity, with the shark mistaking the outline of the human for that of a seal or sealion. They like prey with lots of nutritious blubber, and often spit people out when they realize how bony they are. I have never heard of a Burmese python eating anyone, child or otherwise. Even the largest snakes in the world, the green anaconda and reticulated python, cannot swallow a normally-sized adult human - the width of our shoulders makes it impossible. There are recorded cases of reticulated pythons eating children and even very small adults, though. Also, there is no such thing as an 'African water buffalo'. The African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) and the water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) are different species.

Answer 5

The octopus is a carnivore (flesh-eater), usually feeding on crabs, shrimps, and mussels, but the larger species of octopus have been known to hunt small sharks and dogfish. They trap the prey in their arms and drag it towards their powerful beaklike jaws. Once it has bitten its prey, the octopus injects it with a poisonous saliva to kill it.

Answer 6

I saw a video a few months ago about an octopus that was catching and eating small sharks in some cities aquarium.

Answer 7

Yes. Carnivores eat meat, and it eats other sea creatures (meat kind, not plants)

Answer 8

Yes.

Answer 9

Yes. They eat other mollusks, like clams and oysters.

Answer 10

Yes, they feed mostly on crustaceans and small fish.