Octopus Species Fact Cards

Twelve double-sided octopus species fact cards for ages 7+, from the giant Pacific octopus to the ghostly ‘Casper’ octopus of the deep Pacific: photo fronts, fact backs with dated figures, five impostor cards for an Octopus or not? sorting game, and a species tracker.

What’s inside:

- How to print and play (Octopus or not? and Five families games)

- 12 double-sided species cards: photo fronts (five are REALLYBYTE drawings where we found no free photo), fact backs with dated figures

- Five impostor cards (vampire squid, chambered nautilus, giant squid, cuttlefish, Humboldt squid) plus a make-your-own card

- Octopus or not? sorting mat

- All 12 octopuses: species tracker

- Answer key

- Credits, licence & sources

Pages: 11 (including cover and credits). Sizes: A4 (210 × 297 mm) and US Letter (8.5 × 11 in), both PDFs included in one zip.

Printing: Print at 100% / actual size on A4 or US Letter. Inside pages use light backgrounds and print well in black and white; covers are dark, so start from page 2 to save ink. Cards: print double-sided, flipping on the long edge, on thin card.

Every fact is checked against named source pages (including Smithsonian Ocean, the Monterey Bay Aquarium, MBARI, NOAA, the Natural History Museum, the Australian Museum, the American Museum of Natural History, Shedd Aquarium, Britannica and peer-reviewed research; checked 28 Oct 2026), and the sources are listed on each pack’s credits page. Facts that can change, such as species counts, sizes and depth records, are printed with that date. Where sources give different figures, both are shown with their source. Photos are public domain or CC0 images via Wikimedia Commons; drawings, puzzles and layouts are REALLYBYTE’s own work. Not endorsed by any of these organisations.

Licence: personal and single-classroom use. You may print as many copies as you need for your own family or your own class, and share it with your class through a password-protected platform. Please don’t resell, re-upload or share it publicly. For school-wide use, please email info@reallybyte.com.

Made by REALLYBYTE, the team behind octopuses.animals.im. Questions: info@reallybyte.com

This is a digital download: no physical item will be shipped.