Typically octopus and squid produce black ink, but ink can also be brown, reddish, or even a dark blue. ... When feeling threatened, they can release large amounts of ink into the water using their siphon. This ink creates a dark cloud that can obscure the predators view so the cephalopod can jet away quickly.

Does octopus spray ink?

It's true that the octopus is super weird. ... Octopuses do expel ink from their siphons, which are also the openings through which they shoot water (for swimming) and bodily waste. So although not exactly flatulence, octopuses' ink—used to confuse predators—does emerge from the opening that could be considered its anus.

Do squids or octopus squirt ink?

Answer 1: Squid (and also octopus) belong to a group of animals called Cephalopods" and these animals most shoot out the ink. They store the ink in ink sacs between their gills. They jet it out with some water in the siphon, a part of their bodies that helps them breathe, move, and feed themselves.