need lots of help

**calani** · Oct 24, '06, 8:03pm

Hi all,
I am completing a biology assignment for uni on the octopus vulgaris and am having a few problems with collecting some of the answers.
If any1 could help me and also give me site/journals/books to reference that would be great
I am after info on
How they breathe, How they digest their food, longevity and any diseases that they suffer from
Thanks heaps for this site btw, i was really stressing until i found it.
Btw the assignments due on sunday, i am always leaving things to the last minute.

**Brock Fluharty** · Oct 24, '06, 8:18pm

Well, I know that all octopuses have 3 hearts. I believe that they need a great deal of oxygen. For MOST octopuses, longetivity is around 1-1.5 years. Not sure about vulgaris though.

**Tintenfisch** · Oct 24, '06, 8:30pm

Hi Calani,

Try searching the Reference Database on CephBase. You may be able to find some of the answers you need there.

Good luck!

**calani** · Oct 24, '06, 8:40pm

hey thanks for this
just wondering am looking up the CephBase now and have found something i would like to read up on... how do u access it?

**cuttlegirl** · Oct 24, '06, 8:45pm

For some basic answers on octopus, you may want to consult a invertebrate zoology textbook or a book like "Octopus and Squid" by James C. Hunt. Your library should have at least some of this information...