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The Chameleon of the Ocean

Dubbed the Mimic Octopus, this amazing sea creature can twist itself into amazing replicas of other animals.

Take a look at all of the different sea creatures below. They look like different animals, right?

Wrong.

The Mimic Octopus can appear to be venomous sole, sea snakes, lion fish, jellyfish, and sea anemones. Quite a repertoire, eh?

The octopus measure about two feet in length and has brown and white stripes cover its body.

Like most other octopi, the Mimic Octopus is amazingly flexible (one the size of a volleyball once squeezed itself into a container as small as a can of soda). This allows it to perform its amazing contortion acts.

The octopus in one of its disguises

The only place you can see one (other than the wild - hard, considering it's a master of disguises) is in the Toledo Zoo in Ohio.

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Comments (6)
#1 by SunGoddess, Jan 30, 2008
Interesting article.
#2 by solerom, Jan 30, 2008
Very nice.
#3 by ranfuchs, Jan 30, 2008
amazing
#4 by from_toledo, Feb 3, 2008
Wow. We actually have something interesting in Toledo? Thanks for the heads up on that.
#5 by charlie, Feb 16, 2008
doesnt look anything like the lion fish, it just looks upsidown
#6 by no one, Feb 22, 2008
hmm, interesting octi
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