Nature & Environment
Octopus dupes predators by impersonating fish
By
T.K. RandallAugust 29, 2010 ·
2 comments
Image Credit: Bernd
The Indonesian mimic octopus has the unusual ability to pass itself off as a variety of other sea creatures.
By fooling predators in to believing it to be a poisonous flatfish or sea snake it can swim around in the open without being attacked and eaten however the strategy doesn't come without its fair share of risk.
The Indonesia mimic octopus doing an impersonation of a toxic flatfish. The Indonesian mimic octopus has the extraordinary ability to pass itself off as many of the toxic fishes or sea snakes that share its habitat. A new study of its DNA suggests why these abilities evolved.
Source:
BBC News |
Comments (2)
Tags:
Please Login or Register to post a comment.