An octopus lives in the sea. It is hard to find there. It can change the color of its skin. It can blend in with what is around it. Let's find out how.

An octopus has a soft body with no bones. It can squeeze its soft body into tiny cracks. It can fit in small spaces. That is another way to hide.

An octopus can squirt out a cloud of dark ink. The ink helps it escape. Then the octopus can get away.

An octopus can zoom away. It squirts water out of its body. It goes like a jet. Then it is gone.

An octopus can lose an arm to escape. Later it can grow the arm back. That is a good trick for getting away.

Now back to the color. Its skin has special pigment cells. They are called chromatophores. They let the octopus change color. That is how it blends in.

Words to know

• chromatophores: color cells
• blend: look the same
• squeeze: press tight
• escape: get away