NARRATOR: AND NOW IT’S TIME FOR SOME MORE…
“AMAZING ANIMALS”!
NUMBER 8, THE AMAZING GIANT PACIFIC OCTOPUS.THE LARGEST SPECIES OF OCTOPUS ON THE PLANET. YES AND HE’S A WHOPPER! OCTOPUS: WHAT, HOW DARE YOU? I’M A LADY!
NARRATOR: OH, SORRY. THEY’RE FOUND IN THESE PARTS OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN, OR WHEREVER THE MOST FOOD IS.
OCTOPUS: OH REALLY!
NARRATOR: WELL WHAT ABOUT THOSE 25 CRABS YOU’RE CARRYING IN YOUR, UM, PURSE?
OCTOPUS: NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS YOUNG MAN! YOU MUST NEVER LOOK INSIDE A LADY’S PURSE!
NARRATOR: A GIANT OCTOPUS NEEDS TO EAT A LOT OF FOOD TO GROW AND SURVIVE.
CRAB: LOOK AT ME, I’M A CRAB AND I’
NARRATOR: THEY WILL EVEN EAT BIRDS.
OCTOPUS: I‘D HAVE PREFERRED THAT ACTUALLY!
[BELCH]
OH GREAT!
NARRATOR: LIKE BIRDS, THEY HAVE BEAKS. BUT A BITE FROM THIS OCTOPUS SPECIES PARALYSIS IT’S PREY WHILST THEY GRIP ON TIGHT WITH AROUND 280 SUCTION CUPS ON EACH OF THEIR 8 ARMS.
OCTOPUS: YES I’M CERTAINLY NOT ‘ARMLESS, HA!
NARRATOR: JEEZ, UM, WHERE DID YOU GO MRS. OCTOPUS?
OCTOPUS: I’M STILL HERE. GOODNESS ME.
NARRATOR: WHOOPS. OCTOPUSES CAN CHANGE COLOR AND BLEND IN WHEREVER THEY GO.
OCTOPUS: I’M PRETTY CHOOSY ACTUALLY, BEING A TRUE BLUE BLOOD.
NARRATOR: YES, OCTOPUSES REALLY DO HAVE BLUE BLOOD! AND THREE HEARTS!
OCTOPUS: WITH ALL THESE ARMS AND HEARTS HOW CAN YOU RESIST ME? WHO WANTS A HUG?
CRAB: EH, NO THANK YOU!
NARRATOR: THEY MAY LOOK LIKE SLIMEY BAGPIPES, BUT THEY’RE SUPER SMART.Β
THE GIANT PACIFIC OCTOPUS TRULY IS AN AMAZING ANIMAL!
