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Mimic Octopus

Thaumoctopus mimicus

Photo by AlbertKang
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Description:

Mimic Octopus is a very interesting Octopus and the reason for its name.

It can camouflage very well on the sandy/rubble bottom of the sea, but more importantly, it can mimic other sea life like Sea Krait/Snake, Lion Fish, Flouder, Feather Stars and probably lots of other stuff.

Picture 5 shows the Mimic Octopus interacting with a Mototi/Occelated Blue-Ringed Octopus

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