The mimic octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) ... By mimicking venomous or dangerous animals, the mimic octopus evades predators and thrives in its underwater habitat. The Art of Mimicry.

The mimic octopus, which can imitate flatfish and sea snakes to dupe potential predators, may well be the king of impersonation. By creatively configuring its limbs, adopting characteristic ...

There’s a great octopus story coming your way tomorrow. For that reason, I thought it was about time to republish this – the first ever post I wrote for Not Exactly Rocket Science, about the ...

The mimic octopus was discovered in 1998 off the coast of Sulawesi, Indonesia. They live on the shallow sandy bottoms near river mouths, which are extremely exposed habitats with lots of predators.

By peering into the genes of the mimic octopus, ... The researchers suggest this trick could fool predators into thinking the octopus is a toxic flatfish such as the peacock sole or the zebra sole.

The Indonesian mimic octopus, which can impersonate flatfish and sea snakes to dupe potential predators, may well give Paul a run for his money when it comes to "see-worthy" skills.

This suggests that the octopus actively chooses which mimic works against which potential predator. And that seems to fit right in with science’s conception of octopuses as particularly ...

The mimic octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) has the uncanny ability to make itself look like more dangerous creatures, such as lionfish, sea snakes and soles. The octopus does this with its ...

If too many octopuses mimic a single creature - say, a lionfish - then predators are more and more likely to encounter the fake than the real deal. They might never learn that something that looks and ...

The mimic octopus has no such problems. Its acts are so convincing that it is relatively safe from attack. By blending in with the octopus, the jawfish seems to have found a good way of moving about ...