Octopuses are amazing survivors. Here are some of the tricks they use to help them stay alive

You’re in the ocean, with sharks and other predators wanting to make a tasty snack out of you. How would you avoid death or injury?

Like us humans, soft-bodied octopuses look relatively defenceless — they have no protective hard shells like their snail and clam cousins.

Instead, they’ve evolved sophisticated strategies to survive and outwit their predators.

And while their alien-like body may seem the stuff of nightmares, their intelligence and beauty is nothing short of awesome.

An extraordinary talent for disguise

An octopus can disappear from sight in an instant if a shark or a ray comes nipping at their non-existent heels.

Its flexible body can squeeze through the tiniest of cracks to get away from predators.

And it uses camouflage to…