Talk:Octopus

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IPA pronunciation

Do we really want to list all the possible pronunciations of "octopus"? It is useful for sure but making the list exhaustive may not be what we want and I don't see a middle ground (either all variants or none). Cambridge dictionary lists three ways to pronounce it [1] and I expect that in at least some of Scotland, Ireland, Australia, India there are more forms. -- Martinkunev (talk) 21:12, 23 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I think the middle ground looks like (/ˈɒktəpʊs/ or ~/pəs/) . The lead isn't a good place for many variations, but maybe they could go in a separate section. Siuenti (씨유엔티) 06:21, 30 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Can they all change color?

For example a blue-ringed octopussy, can it change color? Because the lead implies they all can Siuenti (씨유엔티) 14:24, 3 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

They can, as can all squids and cuttlefish. The blue-ringed octopus is well-known for "flashing" its rings a particularly bright blue when it feels threatened - see footage of it here. They aren't all blank canvases that can be literally any color, but they can all vary their color a lot. A2soup (talk) 15:12, 3 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Small error correction

"Octopuses have numerous strategies for to defend themselves against predators,"

should be

"Octopuses have numerous strategies for defending themselves against predators," HeadPlug (talk) 17:22, 3 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Avoid repetition

"their ability to jet quickly through the water, and their ability to hide." could be changed to "their abilities to jet quickly through the water and to hide." to avoid repetition. HeadPlug (talk) 17:30, 3 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Habitat & Taxonomy

You might want to borrow some of the text in Taxonomy and put it in Habitat. Also Cirrina is an article, you might want to borrow some of it, too. Siuenti (씨유엔티)

Non-basal

In one section it mentions "more basal cephs", might be worth adding to the evolution section that they are more evolved/divergent than others. 212.250.152.37 (talk) 06:34, 22 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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For the second paragraph of "External characteristics", I think mention of the skin should come first. The part about the body and its softness is a better lead-in to the flexibility of the arms. 174.124.157.108 (talk) 15:54, 30 June 2017 (UTC) 174.124.157.108 (talk) 15:54, 30 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]