Monday, October 18, 2010

No Squidiots for the moment



Other animals are lucky to evolve just one good disguise, maybe two on a good eon. Thaumoctopus mimicus on the other hand is the first animal ever discovered to take on the shape and behavior of many different animals for different situations. The above is just a small sample. It's also been known to play a seahorse, stingray, anemone, starfish, lionfish, crab and probably Jonas Brothers.

Inhabiting only the naturally murky waters off the coast of Indonesia, this ninja is so good at not being an octopus that it eluded human discovery until 1998.

The mimic octopus imitates whatever it damn well wants.

Pretty cool huh.

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