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The clever cephalopod was spotted in the Adriatic Sea, off the Dalmatian coast, Croatia, before digging itself into the ideal hiding spot. How it sinks into the floor is quite a show. More details here.
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A Beluga whale has become a sensation at an aquarium after learning how to blow halo-shaped bubbles. The extraordinary sight was captured on camera by photographer Hiroya Minakuchi at the Shimane aquarium in Japan. He said: “This beluga started making bubble rings when she was seven. And a couple of years ago she developed her technique. Now she blows the water from her mouth to make a current, which is not visible for us underwater. She then blows air from her blow hole into the current and that makes a ring shape.”
(via moreanimalia)
Source: telegraph.co.uk
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A diver since 10 years, never before had Enda Kesim witnessed a phenomenon like this one. An octopus revealed itself stealthily, and then came out of its hiding place to show how it could contort and camouflage itself.
The cephalopod, a colour-changing creature, is one of the most intelligent species on the planet. It interchanges its shape and colour cleverly, in accordance to its surroundings.
The video shows how is almost impossible to differentiate the octopus from its coral surroundings, but then it comes out of its hiding place in an amazing display of camouflaging capabilities.
Vampire Squid turning itself out
mimic octopus
True to its name, it impersonates a variety of other animals on the fly, morphing from an octopus to a banded sole to a lionfish to a sea snake. But this is no random assemblage of impressions: All of these creatures are toxic or venomous. The mimic octopus isn’t just a copycat—it’s a copycat that’s evolved a strategy far more brilliant than would appear at first glance.
Read more about this week’s Absurd Creature.
(via wired)
Source: Wired
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Due to powerful tides, this teeming reef has become a series of shallow tide pools. An Epaulette shark is caught on the reef in the deadly Australian sun. Not to fear, this little shark has evolved ways to survive out of water. By shutting down its organs one by one, it can cope without oxygen sixty times longer than a human. And, if necessary, it can switch to survival tactic number two; it can use its fins as a pair of rudimentary legs to make its way back to the nearest tide pool, and the cool ocean water. This is the only shark that can walk its way out of trouble.
(via passionate-sharks)
Source: gentlesharks
