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  • Octopi change colours when they become frightened. Normally they are a brownish colour, but can change to green or blue when fear sets in.
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    (Added: Fri Oct 31 2008 By Gauher)
  • Pearls are rarely found in North American oysters.
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    (Added: Fri Oct 31 2008 By Gauher)
  • About 1 in 5,000 North Atlantic lobsters are born bright blue.
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  • The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
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  • Male sea horses are the ones that get impregnated rather than the females. Males have a pouch on their belly that provides incubation for the females eggs and they can have up to 1500 babies at one time.
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    (Added: Fri Oct 31 2008 By Gauher)
  • Octopus and squid are thought to be the most intelligent of all invertebrates.
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  • Depending on the size, it can take an oyster anywhere from few months to many years to form a pearl.
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  • The longest distance a deepwater lobster has been recorded to travel is 225 miles.
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  • A lobster's blood is colorless. When the blood is exposed to oxygen it becomes a bluish color.
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    (Added: Fri Oct 31 2008 By Gauher)
  • The Australian box-jellyfish has eight eyes.
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    (Added: Fri Oct 31 2008 By Gauher)
  • The only sound Seahorses make is a small clicking or popping sound during feeding or courtship.
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    (Added: Fri Feb 22 2008 By Gauher)



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