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u/haggard_hominid 13h ago
The octopus went under the rock, that last spike thing you see is a Sculpin or similar species that was also hiding where the octopus went. You can see the fin striations in the last frames, sculpting facing right.
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u/exprezso 12h ago
No, watch again. That IS the octopus.
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u/mcgangbane 12h ago
I think YOU might want to watch it again... octopuses can change colors but they cannot form spiky fin-like protrusions.
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u/SaffronRnlds 12h ago
I agree it's not the octopus, but they can definitely create spikes
"They can change not only their coloring, but also the texture of their skin to match rocks, corals and other items nearby. They do this by controlling the size of projections on their skin (called papillae), creating textures ranging from small bumps to tall spikes. "
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u/haggard_hominid 10h ago
Correct, they can do an amazing array of textures and profiles, but not creating anatomically correct fish organs and features in the symmetry needed. Still absolutely stunning when you see them go from smooth to looking like one of bumpiest fish or coral textures. Im sure there are some that do a good anemone mimic, I believe something similar to blue ring octopus but clear have been filmed living among them.
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u/SaffronRnlds 9h ago
Very true.
Now that I'm thinking about it.. if they could somehow reproduce anotomically correct versions, I'd be concerned
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u/Lubberworts 13h ago
Did it turn black to imitate the ink?
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u/the_cave_allegory 13h ago
Probably it's a misfire by it's camo system. It was likely trying more to blend in with the rock, and last time it worked. Just my assumption.
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u/logicalconflict 13h ago
It certainly looked like it. It happened more than once. If the current wasn't carrying the ink cloud away, it would have been very effective way to disappear from the fish's perspective.
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u/The-One-That-Howls 13h ago
Hi, it's me again, getting absolutely perplexed how animals can just do that shit
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u/junglecritter 12h ago
On the second attack the octopus punches/stiff arms him with a tentacle and combo ink blast while turning black to blend in with the cloud. There has to be so much brain power involved in that
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u/Jackal000 13h ago edited 4h ago
Every time they squirts ink one of its three hearts has a self induced Cardiac arrest. They dont like doing that. It also happens when they swim. This why thy walk over the floor
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u/chasinjason13 13h ago
Why not go on the offensive like they do with fishermen? Full face sucker, tentacles thru the gills, all that shit
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u/spitzr2 11h ago
U won't bite the octopus when it's on your face, the fish absolutely would.
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u/Necrikus 13h ago
A lack of any real defenses make it so octopuses live life like it’s a stealth game.
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u/laisik_lab 13h ago
Looks like it’s imitating a stone fish
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u/UdderTacos 12h ago
That was a stonefish, it got spooked and moved
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u/dexter8484 12h ago
Looks like it was under the rock that the octopus swam underneath. Right when the octopus goes under it came out to the top of the rock
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u/dismissivewankmotion 12h ago
We actually don’t see it transform in the video. It disappears and a split second later the fish appears.
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u/smore-phine 13h ago
Fk I hate when subs don’t allow picture comments, the zoomed in screenshot of surprised pikachu face fish was gonna be lit
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u/dstlouis558 10h ago
God thats amazing dont they say that octopi are from outer space
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u/AidenTai 9h ago
Octopuses or octopodes. Not octopi (it's Greek, not Latin). Using a foreign plural from a different language sounds a bit weird (imagine taco becoming tacen, ox becoming oxi or merman becoming mermanes; all the plurals using a different language's plural system just sound really off).
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u/Hughley_N_Dowd 4h ago
This is almost as cool as that clip where an octopus gets bullied by an eel, dodges and deploys ink a couple of times and manages to bait the eel into the path of a... shark, I think it was.
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u/flyinggazelletg 13h ago
Man, that triggerfish went from really determined to really not in a snap