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Science · True or False?

Octopuses have three hearts

The answer is True.

Explanation

Two hearts pump blood through the gills, and one circulates it to the rest of the body. Fun fact: the main heart actually stops beating when they swim, which is why octopuses prefer crawling, it literally exhausts them. Their blood is also blue, as it relies on copper-based hemocyanin instead of iron-based hemoglobin.

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