Eight arms, hundreds of disguises. The mimic octopus shifts shape and color to imitate more intimidating animals–fanning arms out like a lethal lionfish or slithering like a sea snake.
Meet this mimicry master in our Tentacles exhibit
Cutie.
Mimic octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) This mimic octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) lost several arms in battle. An octopus with fewer than eight arms is a rare view. As soon as an arm is lost or damaged, a regrowth process kicks off to make the limb whole again. Once an arm is regrown, it is basically as good as new. by GONNA_DIVE
mimic octopus
Everybody’s got something to hide except me and my mimic…
