How do octopuses squeeze into tiny spaces?
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Octopuses have soft, flexible bodies with no rigid internal skeleton. Because they can compress their mantle, they can fit through openings barely larger than their beak.
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Octopuses are famous escape artists because most of their body is soft tissue and muscle. They do not have a hard shell or internal skeleton that limits their shape, though their beak is rigid and is the main part that cannot compress. If the beak fits, the rest of the body usually can too. This allows octopuses to slip through cracks, holes, and tank lids that look impossibly small. Their flexibility helps them hide from predators and hunt in rocky crevices.
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