How many eyes does an octopus have?

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2

Answer 2

2

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2

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As the nerves from the light sensitive cells are away from the light source, this means that:- (a) light does not have to pass through the nerves to reach the cells; and (b) the nerves do not have to exit the eye through the retina, which causes a blind spot in mammalian eyes, for example Both of these serve to make an octopus eye of a given size better than a comparable human eye The other answerer is not entirely correct regarding Octopus eyes and colour vision. Some species do indeed have colour vision, O. aegina, for example, whilst others such as O. vulgaris do not.

Answer 5

Octopuses are characterized by their eight arms (not tentacles), usually bearing suction cups. These arms are a type of muscular hydrostat. Unlike most other cephalopods, the majority of octopuses — those in the suborder most commonly known, Incirrata — have almost entirely soft bodies with no internal skeleton. They have neither a protective outer shell like the nautilus, nor any vestige of an internal shell or bones, like cuttlefish or squids. A beak, similar in shape to a parrot's beak, is their only hard part. This enables them to squeeze through very narrow slits between underwater rocks, which is very helpful when they are fleeing from morays or other predatory fish. The octopuses in the less familiar Cirrata suborder have two fins and an internal shell, generally lessening their ability to squeeze into small spaces.

Octopuses have a relatively short life span, and some species live for as little as six months. Larger species, such as the North Pacific Giant Octopus, may live for up to five years under suitable circumstances. However, reproduction is a cause of death: males can only live for a few months after mating, and females die shortly after their eggs hatch, for they neglect to eat during the (roughly) one month period spent taking care of their unhatched eggs.

Octopuses have three hearts. Two pump blood through each of the two gills, while the third pumps blood through the body. Octopus blood contains the copper-rich protein hemocyanin for transporting oxygen. Less efficient than the iron-rich hemoglobin of vertebrates, the hemocyanin is dissolved in the plasma instead of being bound in red blood cells and gives the blood a blue color. Octopuses draw water into their mantle cavity where it passes through its gills. As a mollusc, octopus gills are finely divided and vascularized


Big Blue Octopus (Octopus cyanea)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Mollusca

Class: Cephalopoda

Subclass: Coleoidea

Superorder: Octopodiformes

Big Blue Octopus (Octopus cyanea)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia

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How many eyes does an octopus have?

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all caphalopoda including Octopus have two large eyes. They can actually see quite well depite being "lower Iife Forms" their appendages act as eyes, because they use them alot for feeling around, creating a mental image of their surroundings. Hope that answers your question!

Answer 8

Octopus, cephalopod mollusk having no shell, eight muscular arms or tentacles, a pouch - shaped body, and two large, highly developed eyes.

Answer 9

2 large ones

Answer 10

Two. Structurally, very much like human eyes.
I think you're confusing octopi with spiders. Both have 8 legs. The similarities end there.