bipedal walking octopus

[Du30ke]

Darkrai?

[Mazz1990]

I, for one, welcome our 8 legged overlords.

[KonijNx2]

Perhaps it's to disguise itself as a coral or something?

[predvcecerom]

so what now are we apes or octos ? 0O

[rawdawg0508]

soon there going to start running O.O then end is almost here.... soon sharks will fly

[SameReasons]

I read the article online about your observation of the octopus in my zoology class, this is so freakin cool!!!

[AKQJ40]

FASINATEING! I HAD NO IDEA THEY COULD "WALK"...I JUST NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT THAT AT ALL, ACTUALLY.

BUT NEAT TO SEE THIS!

[Jubedube]

I'm mulling over whether or not I should be moved, or disturbed.

[LFMtvChannel7]

this is the Mimic Octopus

[rawdawg0508]

he say's "hey look what i learn from the humans!"

[chakra232]

why does everyone think it's injured? It looks to be mimicking seaweed or something

[phunkphish]

Fuck yeah, walktopus.

[Physdelicdreaming]

Looks like somebody forgot to pay the rent.

[MultiIPwnage]

They are our friends

[Specsand]

Huh...well, that's gonna haunt my dreams tonight.

[billydumont]

Do other people find stuff like this creepy? I dunno, like when they show organisms under microscopes and underwater creatures. Anyone else find this vid kind of eerie? lol

[Torkulguy]

what's it mimicking....

[TallicaMan1986]

@Torkulguy it probably saw a human walking around on the reef rocks and the octopus said I can do that.

[Atomicagent]

@Torkulguy probably seaweed drifting along the bottom, which is probably how it escapes predators

[Torkulguy]

@Atomicagent that makes the most sense. Thanks.

[blunklaura]

he looks injured...neat vid tho

[nesscypher]

octopus of the year

[shellyboo95]

koolio

[FadedSidhe]

SLENDERPUS.

[Fat1Rulez]

holy fuck you guys dont even know how radical this footage is....

[sanguinestallion]

It's mimicking MAN, the most dangerous creature of all!

[XxChaosxSeraphimxX]

CTHULHU WAKES!

[SwanjaGunhildsdottir]

IÄ! IÄ! CTHULHU FTAGHN!

[PollyPeachum3penny]

lmao

[shaholidyvideos]

so fuckin cool if i seen that walking down the stret i would be scared as hell lol

[phaloxxx]

lol this is just a simple trick used to fool predators into thinking its a dangerous sea creature , many octopi have a great deal of tricks , this is honestly no where close to the coolest of them =)

[chrissomerry]

@phaloxxx it also doubles as a good trick to fool humans into thinking it's a dangerous alien that will soon take over the world! :O

[SteevDragon67]

that was cool!

[haggs0009]

hahah thats so fucking cool

[Barcode711]

WHAT.

[chacalXXX]

this fucking thing scares the shit out of me!

[mandalore1000]

That's what it's supposed to do.

[Franzapooch44]

My goodness, how beautiful!

[Hughdapu]

BIG DEAL

Im an octopus and walk and fukking type.

BAM

[heysaturdaysun]

youre my new favorite person, octopus.

[ultima3210]

I love how it is pretending to be a plant/kelp as well. Smart little bugger.

[OwnNewWay]

go go go

[MachetexXxAxe]

and a 1 and a 2 ...

[XRainbowCrayonX]

Very intresting.

[americanSmile]

Don't panic - this would only happen if it were severely injured. Not scary - sad.

[chuffard]

Actually this animal had no injuries whatsoever.

[americanSmile]

Are you sure?! This is so weird/interesting - I've seen quite a few (granted, much smaller) octopi here in Florida, and the only times I've such behaviour is when the animal has been injured. Thank you for the correction.

[chuffard]

Very sure. This species is an arm dropper (drops arms the way a lizard does its tail when disturbed). Wild individuals are often missing arms from natural interactions on the reef flat. This one though has all eight arms to the tips (best count at second 8 of the video). It also had no injuries to the body. This is a normal mode of escape by small individuals of this type of octopus. But thanks for keeping an eye out for video that involves harassed animals!

[LFMtvChannel7]

@americanSmile Its the MIMIC OCTOPUS.. it can mimic like 20 animals, snake, flounder, jelly fish, crab, and many more .. look it up

[Kihoki]

That is hardcore

[j2jpop]

That was freaking creepy yet freaking awesome at the same time.

[MicrowaveTv]

CLOVERFIELD RAWR!lol i LOVED that movie!

[Robogabriel]

OMG, yes! but this this is ten times cooler than Cloverfield. And a little easier on the eyes.

[GUTH1Xproductions]

you are correct lol but in the movie its because of an oil spill and pollution but good comparition

[funnybanana]

rofl seriously? never saw that movie :P

[Koivu321]

wtf ..... its really walking .....

[HAL9o0o]

lol XD

[bpenguin17]

It looks like it's trying to imitate a tree...

[DarwinwasWrong]

Thank God they can only exist in salt water.

[TJRHINO29]

@DarwinwasWrong  FOR NOW!!!!!!

[jbooooojb]

one day they are gonna rule the world

[xXVacantHeartXx]

wow... o_o

[theonlymage]

OMG that was hella cool1!!

[anime5freak]

that was cool

[trianglemangler]

terrifying

[LadySiara]

I'm so glad octopuses are aquatic...

[TrapShooter123]

... Looks like a dragon, it's even got a tail

[imacjenn]

holy sh-

[pavlovich74]

the best 8 seconds ive spent on you tube. thanks for uploading. that was so funny and interesting. ive never seen them behave in this way.

[rottenbrain138]

I'm scared.

[WillyVolk]

So cool.