The Chameleon of the Ocean
Dubbed the Mimic Octopus, this amazing sea creature can twist itself into amazing replicas of other animals.
Take a look at all of the different sea creatures below. They look like different animals, right?
Wrong.
The Mimic Octopus can appear to be venomous sole, sea snakes, lion fish, jellyfish, and sea anemones. Quite a repertoire, eh?
The octopus measure about two feet in length and has brown and white stripes cover its body.
Like most other octopi, the Mimic Octopus is amazingly flexible (one the size of a volleyball once squeezed itself into a container as small as a can of soda). This allows it to perform its amazing contortion acts.
The octopus in one of its disguises
The only place you can see one (other than the wild – hard, considering it’s a master of disguises) is in the Toledo Zoo in Ohio.
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On January 30, 2008 at 3:57 am
Interesting article.
On January 30, 2008 at 7:15 pm
Very nice.
On January 30, 2008 at 7:26 pm
amazing
On February 3, 2008 at 12:57 am
Wow. We actually have something interesting in Toledo? Thanks for the heads up on that.
On February 16, 2008 at 11:23 am
doesnt look anything like the lion fish, it just looks upsidown
On February 22, 2008 at 7:17 pm
hmm, interesting octi
On January 17, 2009 at 1:11 pm
Wow, I’m surprised that Ohio has something worth seeing. I guess even third-world countries have some gems, so why can’t Ohio