Abstract
Abstract A method of extracting saliva through a plastic bag is described for Octopus apollyon Berry. The presence of a salivary proboscis is noted. The saliva from 15 specimens of octopus (51 g average weight) was discharged an average of 12 cm. The saliva from 14 octopuses (41 g average weight) averaged 8·43 mg in weight. More than 6 mg of collected saliva must be injected into an 8 g Pachygrapsus crassipes Randall to be lethal. It cannot be absorbed through the gills or leg wound sealed after autotomy. It is apparently not absorbed through mammalian conjunctiva. The site of attack by an octopus on a crab can be visualized by forcing Bengal Rose solution into the anterior visceral area of the crab.
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