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Octopus and Squid VideosIncredible camouflage, lightning speed, and surprising battles bring the bizarre world of the octopus and the squid to you.Video Sections

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Invertebrates >> Octopus and Squid - Incredible camouflage, lightning speed, and surprising battles bring the bizarre world of the octopus and the squid to you.
- Ameloctopus - One of the smallest octopuses in the world, an ameloctopus can lose arm after arm to predators and still live to fight another day!
- Cyanea Octopus: Part 1 - The cyanea octopus seems to like its solitary life, and will use its unique ink power to keep it that way!
- Cyanea Octopus: Part 2 - Ever wish you could change shape and color the way the cyanea octopus can?
- Cyanea Octopus: Part 3 - They say it takes two to tango and three's a crowd. The clichés apply even in the world of an octopus!
- Octopus Escape - Talk about morphing—a 600-pound (272-kilogram) octopus shape-shifts itself to wriggle through a passageway the size of a quarter!
- Red Devils - Six feet long and always hungry, the Humboldt squid, aka the "red devil," is one of the most dangerous yet intelligent predators of the deep.
- Shark vs. Octopus - Think you know the outcome when it's shark versus octopus? Think again!
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Invertebrates - Catch a glimpse of the bizarre forms life takes among our distant spineless relatives.
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Reptiles - Watch breathtaking video of animals at their wildest.

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