The octopus is the octopus. Octopus aliases are octopus, stone dwelling, dead cow, stone sucking, looking tide.
Species of the octopus family *** there are 26 genera and more than 252 species of marine mollusks, their size varies greatly.
Octopus body is short ovoid, saccate, no fins; head and carapace demarcation is not obvious, octopus head carcass about 7-9.5 cm, the head of the large compound eyes and 8 can be contracted wrist.
Each carpus has two rows of fleshy suckers, the carpus of short octopus is about 12 centimeters long, the carpus of long octopus is about 48.5 centimeters long, and the carpus of true octopus is about 32.5 centimeters long. Normally, it crawls with its wrists, sometimes swims by stretching the membrane between the wrists, holds other things strongly, and uses the funnel in the lower part of its head to spray water for rapid retreat.
The base of the wrist is connected to a webbed tissue called the skirt, which has a mouth in the center. The mouth has a pair of sharp, horny palates and a file-like toothed tongue, which is used to bore through shells and scrape their flesh.
The octopus can spray ink outward six times in a row, and is also capable of changing its color and configuration like the most agile chameleon, becoming like an algae-covered rock before suddenly pouncing on its prey, who doesn't have time to realize what's happening.
The octopus can use its flexible carpals to crawl among reefs, rock crevices and the seabed, sometimes disguising itself as a bunch of coral, and sometimes as a pile of glittering gravel.
The octopus is rich in protein, minerals and other nutrients, and is also rich in anti-fatigue, anti-aging, can extend the human life span and other important health factors - natural taurine.
"Compendium of Materia Medica" on the nutritional value of octopus has a detailed record: "octopus, stone distance from the two things, like squid and the difference between the big, taste more precious good. Food is important, not into the medicinal use." Octopus is flat, sweet and salty, into the liver, spleen, kidney meridian; with blood and gas, treatment of canker sores and poisons.