As many know, some cephalopods, octopus, and in particular, are masters of camouflage in a wide variety of environments, often succeeding to escape the eye of their many predators, including man. The mimicry of the octopus often not based solely on a color variation that makes it similar to the surrounding environment, but also morphological changes of the animal's body so as to make it as close as possible to example a rock. Of all the octopus, masters of camouflage, one in particular does something that makes it look like camouflage or a rock, because what is commonly called Octopus camouflage ( Thaumoctopus mimicus ) mimics very well a few marine species known to be dangerous Depending on the situation and the predator in front of him. For example, this extraordinary animal, able to imitate the dangerous sea snake, the poisonous scorpion fish and even manages to make a sole similar to the shape and swimming on the bottom just like a fish. That cephalopods are the most intelligent invertebrates has been tested by some well-known experiments, which are mainly octopus, but the intelligence of the octopus camouflage, given the extraordinary capacity exceeds all expectations in the world of invertebrates. The animal, which does not reach great size (up to 60 cm in length), was discovered only relatively recently (1998) in Indonesia. Its color "basic" is a dark brownish stripes and white, but within minutes, thanks to special types of pigmented cells called chromatophores, can change color becoming more varied the colors.
In this extraordinary picture representation of how a sole mimic octopus, scorpion fish and a sea serpent.
Click here to see an interesting short film about this unique animal.
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