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What are tentacles?


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Tentacles:

  1. A tentacle is a flexible, movable, and elongated organ found in some creatures, most of which are invertebrates.
  2. Tentacles help the animal to move, feed, grasp, and gather sensory information.
  3. They are sensory organs sensitive to touch, vision, or the smell or taste of specific meals or threats in diverse ways.
  4. For example - Tentacles are found in cuttlefish, sea anemones, bryozoa, jellyfish, snails, and squid.

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