Friday, October 16, 2009

What is an Octopus?


The question was posed in class today: is an Octopus an arachnid because it has eight legs?One of my students took this question into her own hands and here is what she came up with:

Hannah R. said...Mr. Scanga I found out what a octopus is. It is a cephalopod.

Cephalopods consist of groups of free swimming invertebrates, such as squids, cuttlefish and octopuses, that lack a hard shell. It is not a arachnid! Haha.

Thanks Hanna!

6 comments:

Megan G. said...

wow cool i never wouldve guessed that!!! i thought it was arahnid because it had 8 legs but i learned something new!!! i learned that an octopus is not an arahnid!!thanks hannah for helping me learn something new!

Megan G. said...

then if we know what a octopus is then what would a squid be????

Hannah R. said...

Megan squid are 10-armed marine cephalopods which roam all the oceans of the world in a wide range of sizes from extremely small to colossal. -Hannah-

Megan G=) said...

thanks hannah!!!!you always help me out!!!=) =)

Hannah R. said...

YA, I'M AWESOME!

Anonymous said...

goddammit Hanna