Octopus

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Submitted by divetime   
Date: 2009-01-12
YouTube Username: bubblevision
Video ID: 740

An amazing mimic octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) at "Aw Shucks" in the Lembeh Strait impersonates a flounder and banded sea snakes while fleeing from observers. The video opens with a reef octopus at Pantai Parigi sheltering inside a broken glass. Filmed while muck diving with Two Fish Divers, www.twofishdivers.com

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