Table of Contents Beautiful but Deadly Finding Food Staying Alive At Home in the Ocean Blue-Rings and Humans Glossary Read More Websites Index 4 10 14 21 26 30 31 31 32
Beautiful but Deadly A small octopus crawls through a tide pool It is tan Dark brown circles mark its skin A rock hits the water In a flash bright blue circles appear They seem to glow Don’t pick it up It’s a blue-ringed octopus Its bite is full of venom a kind of poison It can kill 4
Blue-Ringed Octopuses
This reader describes the venomous blue-ringed octopus and how these octopi use their colorful rings or stripes.
About This Book
By: Elizabeth Raum
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Published by: Amicus provided by the Creative Company