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Octopus Camouflage

Common Caribbean Octopus vulgaris camouflage change (video footage courtesy of Roger Hanlon).  
 
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nimibiantribesman (4 months ago) Show Hide
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god put it there to test my faith
gthreek (9 months ago) Show Hide
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disengage cloaking device
devos2be (10 months ago) Show Hide
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anyone who thinks this is CGI needs to get out more.
rainsgirl1889 (9 months ago) Show Hide
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Not to mention that it would be an insult to that very resourceful octopus.
Yosh0 (1 year ago) Show Hide
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This has nothing to do with bioluminescence....
ADSRM (9 months ago) Show Hide
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some cephalopods do use bioluminescence in their camouflage, though. don't know about this octopus, but certain kinds of squid have bioluminescent patches under their eyes to cancel out their shadow. nifty!
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One example would be a firefly squid, with bioluminescent photophores all over its body, and so counter shading it when it is in the twilight zone, a method also used by the deep sea hatchetfish
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I actually got to see this at a National Youth Leadership Conference on Technology, and I believe it was presented by Dr. Hanlon or one of his colleagues. Very cool though, I'm amazed at the possibilities of bioluminescence.
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im sure R.Kelly's lawyer could convince us its CGI. Honestly speaking, this change is beyond my comprehension.
ps Go Slate!
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another slate reader!
this is crazy; it really does look cgi :)

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