Absurd Creature of the Week: The Octopus That Does Incredible Impressions of Fish and S... - 0 views
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Lottie Peppers on 06 Dec 15And no copycat is stranger or more accomplished than the mimic octopus. True to its name, it impersonates a variety of other animals on the fly, morphing from an octopus to a banded sole to a lionfish to a sea snake. But this is no random assemblage of impressions: All of these creatures are toxic or venomous.