Animal Friends! Favorite Animal of the Month – Common Octopus! Some fun facts I love about Octopus-240 suckers on each tentacleA 40 lb pull is necessary to release the grip of a 3 foot octopus!Their suction cups can also taste and feel textureThey have excellent eye sightTheir inking technique is used more for smell confusion of eels rather than visual confusion.A 30-40 lb octopus can crawl through an opening the size of a half-dollar!The mouth of their cave home is often surrounded by a pile of shells of things they’ve eaten, which is called a midden heap.