Truth Sleuth: Oceans

Truth Sleuth: Oceans — page 3 — OutrageOus OctOpuses These suckers are amazing 1 Octopus blood is blue 4

Truth Sleuth: Oceans — page 4 — 2 Octopuses aren’t much smarter than snails What’s that supposed to mean 3 The largest octopus ever found could give these two small cars a squeeze at once 5

Truth Sleuth: Oceans — page 5 — 1 Blue is TRUE Octopus blood contains copper which helps these animals survive in very cold water and gives the blood its unusual color 2 So very FALSE Octopuses can use tools recognize faces and even escape from aquarium habitats to sneakily snack on fish in nearby tanks 6

Truth Sleuth: Oceans — page 6 — 3 This is TRUE Its arms measured 30 feet long from tentacle tip to tentacle tip Octopuses have distinct personalities They can also solve puzzles and open jars leading some people to marvel at their intelligence and wonder if they are aliens from outer space And while it’s true that their brains and bodies are on a different branch of the evolutionary tree than ours a diligent Truth Sleuth will point out that there’s no evidence suggesting that octopuses are from another planet that’s just speculation 7

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