Mimic Octopuse : Master of color, texture and shape changing
In 1990's, the first mimic octopus was determined by a fish hunter of Indonesia.
At first appearance it looks like a normal octopus but it can more fit shape in instant to appearance of any animal around it. At first no one had any idea what it was. It has the ability to shape shrink to the body into different forms.
It can change shape as well as its behavior. In under a second, a mimic octopus can change color shape and texture. It be able to memorize by observing the things. Octopuses can switch its tone of skin 1/10 of a second.
They can squeeze their body up to size of their snout and a huge octopus and can come throughout any small gap. Snout is the only hard portion of their body. They have super strength in their arms. Octopus can have 8 arms having more than 2000 suction cup hyporeactors and each suction cup can support of force and lift up to 35 pound of weight. 2/3 of nerves are on their arms so each arm has it's own brain.
Scientific name of this octopus is Thaumoctopus Mimicus. Mimic octopus makes it so look like living moving animals so it around behind its body and swim like a poisonous flatfish. In some situations, it place 6 arms inside the gap or cave and raise two arms to appear like a sea snake. It be able to look similar a venomous lion fish. It can raise its arms banded arms to looking like a spine poisonous very deadly lion fish. Total number of mimicking of other species is still unknown but around 19 other species mimicry is noticed of this octopus.
Mimic octopus is considered as very intelligent animal. The exact number of mimicking other species is not known, but most of them are poisonous. Such as Lion-fish, Sea-snakes, Flatfish and Jellyfish are among the most common animals that this octopus imitates. Depending on the animal that encounters to the mimic octopus decides which mimicry behavior is best suited for particular situation.
Mimic octopus can also change color and texture and to blend into the atmosphere for sea. To performing this, It uses pigment sacs known as chromatophores to blend in with nearby coral or algae-encrusted rocks. The mimic octopus is the only known marine animal that is able to take shape or such a wide variety of objects and animals. Mimic octopus utilizes shape changing skill to hunt along with escape or terrifying killers. Some times it choose to mimic like a crab as an apparent shell only to then devour potential suitors. Unlike most octopuses that tend to use coral reefs as shelters but the mimic octopus also prefer to use river estuaries and mouths.
According to some observations, Sometimes it is running mimic cuddling along on the bottom of sea floor looking something like a furry turkey or chicken. There is still a mystery from where did it learnt from. Sometimes it is hard to figure out when you are watching a mimic octopus during it does, to find which animal mimic actually it is performing.
At first appearance it looks like a normal octopus but it can more fit shape in instant to appearance of any animal around it. At first no one had any idea what it was. It has the ability to shape shrink to the body into different forms.
It can change shape as well as its behavior. In under a second, a mimic octopus can change color shape and texture. It be able to memorize by observing the things. Octopuses can switch its tone of skin 1/10 of a second.
They can squeeze their body up to size of their snout and a huge octopus and can come throughout any small gap. Snout is the only hard portion of their body. They have super strength in their arms. Octopus can have 8 arms having more than 2000 suction cup hyporeactors and each suction cup can support of force and lift up to 35 pound of weight. 2/3 of nerves are on their arms so each arm has it's own brain.
Mimic octopus is considered as very intelligent animal. The exact number of mimicking other species is not known, but most of them are poisonous. Such as Lion-fish, Sea-snakes, Flatfish and Jellyfish are among the most common animals that this octopus imitates. Depending on the animal that encounters to the mimic octopus decides which mimicry behavior is best suited for particular situation.
Mimic octopus can also change color and texture and to blend into the atmosphere for sea. To performing this, It uses pigment sacs known as chromatophores to blend in with nearby coral or algae-encrusted rocks. The mimic octopus is the only known marine animal that is able to take shape or such a wide variety of objects and animals. Mimic octopus utilizes shape changing skill to hunt along with escape or terrifying killers. Some times it choose to mimic like a crab as an apparent shell only to then devour potential suitors. Unlike most octopuses that tend to use coral reefs as shelters but the mimic octopus also prefer to use river estuaries and mouths.
According to some observations, Sometimes it is running mimic cuddling along on the bottom of sea floor looking something like a furry turkey or chicken. There is still a mystery from where did it learnt from. Sometimes it is hard to figure out when you are watching a mimic octopus during it does, to find which animal mimic actually it is performing.
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