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An octopus chases and catches a crab using its eight arms to subdue its prey.
Molluscs: Octopus Catching Crab
Next Generation Science Standards for this Video
Octopuses have incredible eyesight and an intelligent brain. They move with great speed using a kind of jet propulsion to chase down prey. Their eight long arms, covered with suckers, catch and hold the prey while their powerful beak eats.
Predator-prey interactions: An octopus is adapted to use its uses its eight arms to capture its crab prey. Through natural selection predators adapt their ways of hunting to prey defenses, like a crab’s hard shell.