Nature is amazing #octopi
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Leaves change colors in the fall but octopuses change color all year long. Happy World Octopus Day!
@Regrann from @oceana
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Is mimicry actually the highest form of flattery? Someone should let this octopus know. It can mimic 15 different animals!
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repost @azuladotcom- #regrann
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#amazinganimalvideos
#oceanlife #octopus #facts 🐙
The Mimic Octopus
This fascinating creature was discovered in 1998 off the coast of Sulawesi in Indonesia on the bottom of a muddy river mouth. For the next 2 years, scientists filmed nine different mimic octopuses, Thaumoctopus mimicus (Norman & Hochberg, 2005), impersonating sea snakes, lionfish, and flatfish—a strategy used to avoid predators. Mimic octopuses reach about 60 cm in length and are typically brown and white striped.
Mimic octopuses have been observed shifting between impersonations as it crosses the ocean floor to return to its burrow.
Scientists speculate that additional mimic species will be found in muddy river and estuary bottoms in the tropics as these areas are typically unexplored.
