Some people call octopuses devilfish, probably because of the animal's frightening ___1___. An octopus has large, shiny eyes, and strong, hard jaws that come to a point like a parrot's ___2___. The octopus uses its ___3___ to catch clams, crabs, lobsters, mussels, and other shellfish, and to break the shells ___4___ . It cuts up food with its horny jaws. Some kinds of octopuses ___5___ a poison that paralyzes their ___6___ . Octopuses rarely attack people.
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