What is North Pacific giant octopus?
{{Taxobox | name = North Pacific giant octopus | image = Enteroctopus dofleini in aquarium crop.jpg | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Mollusc]]a | classis = [[Cephalopod]]a | ordo = [[Octopoda]] | familia = [[Octopodidae]] | genus = '''''[[Enteroctopus]]''''' | binomial = ''Enteroctopus dofleini'' | range_map = E dofleini range.jpg | range_map_caption = Where the giant octopus lives}} The '''North Pacific giant octopus''' (''Enteroctopus dofleini'') is a big [[cephalopod]] in the coastal [[North Pacific]]. It usually lives at depths around lseters hey have also be [[Seven-arm octopus]] (''Haliphron atlanticus''). Adults usually weigh around 15 kg (33 lb), with an arm span of They mostly eat [[crab]]s, [[shrimp]], [[abalone]], [[fish]], and [[shellfish]] like [[scallop]]s, [[clams]], and [[mussels]]. In [[aquariums]], they have been seen eating [[spiny dogfish]] (''Squalus acanthias''), a type of [[shark]] 3-4 feet long. Food is grabbed with its sucy rs and then crushed using its tough beak of [[chitin]]. North Pacific giant octopuses are eaten by [[harbor seal]]s, [[sea otter]]s, and [[sperm whale]]s. They usually live about 3-5 years in the wild. {{-}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Cephalopods]]