Octopuses have three hearts

Photo courtesy: Shafaet Alam Abir

Octopuses have three hearts; a systemic heart that circulates blood round the body and two branchial hearts that pump it through each of the two gills. Octopus blood contains the copper-rich protein haemocyanin to transport oxygen.


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