Assertion: octopus | /r/CapableOf | use their beaks
Facets:
value: to bite the prey
type: PURPOSE
value: to release its venom
type: PURPOSE
value: to inject poison
type: PURPOSE
value: to either chip
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: to drill into the meat
type: PURPOSE
value: to peck at them
type: PURPOSE
value: to penetrate hard shells
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Some octopuses use venom of varying levels of toxicity, which they inject into its prey with a beak similar to a bird's; they can also use their beaks to penetrate and crack hard shells.
text: Once the prey is immobilized, the octopus uses its beak to tear off chunks of the animal to eat.
text: What has been discovered through research is that they will use their beaks to peck at them from time to time.
text: Octopuses use their beaks to inject poison into their prey and to crush or tear their food into tiny pieces.
text: When attempting to eat a clam, octopuses will pry them open, or use their beaks to either chip away at the shell or drill into the meat.
text: They use their beaks for eating.
text: Scientists have known that octopuses use their beaks to drill into shelled prey, such as clams, but no one was sure just how octopuses kill their victims.
text: Octopuses usually inject venom into their prey using their beaks.
text: The octopus typically pounces on its target, enveloping it with its inter-arm webbing and using its beak to break open hard-shelled prey.
text: Once the prey becomes immobilized, the octopus uses its beak to grasp and rip the prey apart into smaller pieces.
text: An octopus uses its beak to bite the prey.
text: The octopus uses its beak to release its venom paralyzes the muscles essential for movement, which effectively kills the prey.
text: It infected the toxin using its beak, causing motor paralysis and respiratory arrest within a minute and leading to cardiac arrest due to lack of oxygen.