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This is incredible: Watch a large octopus completely camouflage itself (or vanish!)
This video, filmed by Woods Hole Marine Biology Laboratory scientist Roger Hanlon, is a reverse shot of a camouflaged octopus right before it is startled and scuttles away.
As reported by Scientific American:
Small pigment-filled cells, called chromatophores, and reflective ones called iridophores and leucophores, in the skin of most octopuses allow them to create nuanced patterns of color, luminosity and even harness polarized light to fool other ocean life.
Oh, and the octopus is colour blind. Explain that, science! (They have: Opins (light sensing cells) enable the detection and subsequent reaction to some colour and light conditions).
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This is scary-cool (And I don’t mean a scary level of cool, I mean both scary, and really freaking amazing).
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