Octopuses will bite off their tentacles and die if they're stressed by bad water quality!
A stressed octopus will suffer from autophagy,
or self-cannibalism. When deeply affected by stress, the octopus
defenses are down. It's believed that this leaves them open for infection by a virus or bacteria.
The infection will make the octopus' arm irritated. They bite the
tentacle off in hopes of regrowing a healthy one. However, if they're in
bad water quality, they can't shake off the infection. Eventually the
infected octopus dies with it's arms in tatters.
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