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Mimic octopus showing typical pattern. The mimic octopus was first discovered off the coast of Sulawesi, Indonesia in 1998 on the bottom of a muddy river mouth. [5] [6] It has since been found to inhabit the Indo-Pacific, ranging from the Red Sea and Gulf of Oman in the west to New Caledonia in the east, and Gulf of Thailand and the Philippines in the north to the Great Barrier Reef in south.
If a predator gets too close octopuses can escape quickly, shooting themselves forward by expelling water from a muscular tube called a siphon. Octopuses can also release a cloud of black ink ...
Wunderpus photogenicus, the wunderpus octopus, is a small-bodied species of octopus with distinct white and rusty brown coloration. [2] 'Wunderpus' from German "wunder" meaning 'marvel or wonder'. [3] Due to the appearance and behavior of the wunderpus, it is frequently confused with its close relative, the mimic octopus.
For example, when predators avoid a mimic that imperfectly resembles a coral snake, the mimic is sufficiently protected. [ 26 ] [ 27 ] [ 28 ] Convergent evolution is an alternative explanation for why coral reef fish have come to resemble each other; [ 29 ] [ 30 ] the same applies to benthic marine invertebrates such as sponges and nudibranchs .
The Grimpoteuthis do not have an ink sac (as is the case with all cirrate octopuses). Furthermore, the cirrate octopuses lack innervated chromatophores and therefore are not capable of changing color [14] (despite some unreferenced statements to the contrary). [35] How cirrate octopuses escape or avoid predators is largely unknown.
Researchers believe the shorter brooding period near warm hydrothermal springs increases a hatchling octopus’ odds for survival. Mystery of octopus garden in ocean’s midnight zone solved by ...
It’s been eight years since Harbor WildWatch remembers seeing one of the creatures in the creek. A Gig Harbor resident caught it on video.
Aggressive mimicry stands in semantic contrast with defensive mimicry, where it is the prey that acts as a mimic, with predators being duped. Defensive mimicry includes the well-known Batesian and Müllerian forms of mimicry, where the mimic shares outward characteristics with an aposematic or harmful model. In Batesian mimicry, the mimic is ...