Octopuses have three Hearts, two of which are situated near the gills, which pump oxygenated Blood to the main heart. Because octopus blood is based on Copper compounds and not iron ones like ours, their blood is Blue.

On #WorldOctopusDay, 10 things you might not know about octopuses:

https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2017/10/8th-october-world-octopus-day.html

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8th October: World Octopus Day

World Octopus Day - here are ten things you may not know about octopuses (and yes, that is the plural, not, as many believe, octopi). ...

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@JulieHowlin Reading 'The Soul of an Octopus' by Sy Montgomery atm 👌
@JulieHowlin Blue? I'd have thought it'd be green, given the colour of chlorophyll, which is also copper-based.