Mimic octopus

[TheHungerGamesPrim]

Hahaha at the end the fish swims backward. Lol ;)

[Foxyflame5081]

Cool

[Foxyflame5081]

Cool

[doncstark]

Its a Caribbean common octopus

[sfhassan841]

Octopus has 3 hearts and 9 brains, those who didn't know.

[MrChaz1985]

@sfhassan841 and a beek like a bird for a mouth

[isomngo]

is solid snake teach him?

[trotskiii3]

now thats clever no it isnt fake.

[TheComedyJim]

i think its fake

[carlmannov]

It mimics seaweed not a rock.

[biteapple1999]

Its not a mimic octopus.

[kautschukmedia]

you do not own the copyright of this footage!

[ZzRvXzZ]

FUCKING FAKE< I CANT BELIEVE THIS, FUCKING GODAMNIT FISH, WTF ARE U DOING, THATS NOT SOME FUCKING DRAGON BALL BULSSHIT FUCKING RETARD STOP TAHT

[Phailsku]

tbh that scared me when it changed its cover

[flyingpnda247]

thats not a mimic octopus... thats just an octopus

[blurock29]

mystique

[drainocleanser]

@danny12315

I bet you $100 that if i wrapped a $100 around my cock that your mom would suck it

[majomXD]

faillllllllllllllllllllllllll

[7mikethebike]

do they take D batteries? Or AAA?

[HAAZ22]

Octopus's are up there with the smartest and most genetically superior animals in the world.. Scientist are still curios on what gives them the ability to do that.. Either way..I Want One!!!

[smile2lisa]

crazy epic and it's like harry potter :o

[WackyAnimation]

instead of investing research into these creatures for military gear, cant we just hire them? why create an invisible tank when you can just slap a bunch of these on the outside of the tank? it would be way cheaper..

[loopofpoop]

@WackyAnimation cause they'd try and mimic the color of the tank.. so you'd have a rolling mass of octopi the color of tanks lol

[junlao122675]

sorry, this is a common octopus, not a mimic

[mackiznay]

We need to get on developing that technology. You can always look to nature for the best ideas. Imagine if a ship/plane/person had that ability!

[smile2lisa]

@mackiznay you're so right

[Ollie1949]

not a mimic octupus.. but defo an octupus/sea creature with camoflague abilities.

[XKLUSIF]

mimic octopi do not eject ink.

[LFMtvChannel7]

in a national geographic video, they show th e mimic octopus, and it was this same footage almost... it is a mimic octopus

[ijustwantedausername]

It's totally an alien.

[IBennyHD]

Sea version of Pedo Bear.

[xcmdrGREE96x]

if fish can do this and outer ones runs what nexts???

[UltraBibendum]

very fake

[GlennGlennGlenn333]

@UltraBibendum stfu its not fake

[penny501jp]

すげー！！

[Kobalos]

What the...EPIC WIN!!!!

[IOWNAPU9]

anyone know what type of octopus this is? what species?

[RagingUtai]

@IOWNAPU9

decoy octopus

[streepd]

Thats real for sure! I have a pet mimic and ive seen him turn completely black. They can take on texture and color of anything. Good vid!

[LibrettoDelMar]

awesome. yet i don't think it could mimic transparency =)

[gakster888]

yeah not a mimic octopus and defitnely not fake, if you think it is, you need to research.

yes they can do that and more

[usedforbattle]

its fake, I know they have gd camo but that vid is defently computer edited

[gertebert]

You are soooo stupid!

[XxSteviixX]

wow...

[pluggy23]

thats some awsome shit

[mellotron12]

That

is

awesome!

[rich7321]

1) Not a mimic octopus

2) Definitely not fake - theres plenty more awesome examples of camouflage in octopus, cuttlefish etc

[gertebert]

True.

[pit3138]

It can detect subtle color and texture patterns and changes the color of it's skin accordingly to blend in as a defense mechanism, and sometimes for hunting. Some of these things can even make themselves look like flounder or water snakes!!

[pit3138]

To clear this up for people who care, this "mimic octopus" is in fact real. This is coming from an Evolutionary Biology major. Check it:

Hanlon, R.T., L.A. Conroy, Forsythe J.W. 2008. Mimicry and foraging

behaviour of two tropical sand-flat octopus species off North Sulawesi,

Indonesia. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 93 (1): 23-38.

[mystahlee]

its not a mimic octopus...for your info...

[mingerboy22]

LOL @ all you morons who thinks this is real. I couldn't be bothered even explaining on how fake that was

[haparice]

If you don't believe this is real, search wikipedia for "octopus". This isn't the mimic octopus, but it's definitely real. If it weren't for their short lifespans, they'd probably be the dominant species on the planet. Their brains are much more developed than human brains in terms of their amount of body control.

[Enwod]

Fuckin' ell, just because it looks pretty amazing doesn't automatically make it fake... Things like this do exist.

[spartarotterdam123]

what are you guys talking about this is not a fake it is an octopus , just not he mimic octopus

[KRiPPeR]

This is not making a "mimic", it's hiding in camouflage.

And it smells like fake.

[delinTube]

that shit is unreal.

[hiie150793]

wow

[thinkkittens]

no way this vid is real... you can see the octopus image fade into the coral instead of molding into the shape of the coral... some film student is trying to be clever :p

[Dioporcio]

that's not a mimic octopus...

[osleik]

some real david deangelo shit right there!

[Ghosttenks]

That is a living creature, but not a mimic octopus.

[ceesr31]

this is fake. that's not even what a mimic octupus looks like.

[haniver]

What they "look like"? Are you serious?

[ceesr31]

yes. I am serious haniver. a mimic octopus, when not mimicking it's surroundings, does not look like that.  They do actually have a "look." They are not just always mimicking.

[ceesr31]

Also if you click on some of the links above (and to the right) you will see what a mimic Octopus looks like.

[Holodiction]

all species have close relatives, there's more than only one type of octopus that can change color, the mimic/wunderpus have stripes but i've seen a few that are spotted when not changing, and i found spotted ones clicking the videos on the right as you suggested ^w^

[Dlebss]

its not fake its just not a mimic oc

[ceesr31]

it's fake in the sense that

a) it's not a mimic octopus and

b) the octopus not only changes colors (which is understandable), but it also changes shape. watch the bottom right edges of the octopus...when it blends in suddenly there are little spikes from the coral.

[Kohai81]

=/ its not fake, their suckers intentionally pick up the textures of the ground that they are on, and since they are invertebrate they are able to produce the texture through their skin, its an octopus's natural ability. But it isn't a mimic octopus =/

[febufilmz]

I say green screen

[warfreakapple]

This is a superb camo which inspired the new metalgear 4, which was called 'octocam'. That is the ability to adapt to the background and even mimic its texture.

[ltylcz]

Incredible!

[BrandynBoyles]

Thats some speedy cellular action!