An Octopus Pretending to be Seaweed

A short video by Brian Wysor showing an octopus cleverly camouflaging itself amongst seaweed at Bocas del Toro.
Video by: Brian Wysor, Edited by: Rachel Collin

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• sea
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• toro
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[wdmax]

Pretending? Looks more like the octopus is using the seaweed as cover. I like all cephalopods mollusks, my favorite being the cuttlefish.

[xNightmarexVampsx]

Ocotpi are really amazing animals, but I'm deathly afraid of them. They're just really creepy to me...

[korgboy98]

wild.

[foofy502]

lol



[BornTubin]

CHECK YOUR CORNERS!!!

[ShonenCat]

octopuses are such aawesome animals, i wonder if they're available in the pet market, legally of course

[NeoNerdL7]

Smart very clever. They are very intelligent animals.

[mayatulum]

Amazing!