#WorldOctopusDay Fact #3: Diet and Beaks At the Aquarium, octopuses eat squid, shrimp, clams, fish, mussels, and crabs. These red octopuses (their species name) are chomping on squid with their beaks. That’s right, octopuses have BEAKS! Octopus beaks are made of keratin, just like our fingernails, and are the only hard part of their bodies. Video by Aquarist Angelina #AOPcephalopods | Aquarium of the Pacific

Just a month after mating, a female octopus can lay as many as 100,000 eggs. | National Geographic