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Where is the Octopus? Cephalopods & Camouflage (video)
« on: September 13, 2013, 07:44:56 AM »
This is SO cool. Just a short video - you won't be disappointed.

Where's The Octopus?

When marine biologist Roger Hanlon captured the first scene in this video he started screaming. Hanlon, senior scientist at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, studies camouflage in cephalopods--squid, cuttlefish and octopus. They are masters of optical illusion. These are some of Hanlon's top video picks of sea creatures going in and out of hiding.
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Re: Where is the Octopus? Cephalopods & Camouflage (video)
« Reply #1 on: September 13, 2013, 01:03:49 PM »
Interesting.
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Re: Where is the Octopus? Cephalopods & Camouflage (video)
« Reply #2 on: September 13, 2013, 09:40:03 PM »
Mean man, made octo blow his ink!   ;D

Freaky how they do that color/texture changing.
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Re: Where is the Octopus? Cephalopods & Camouflage (video)
« Reply #3 on: September 14, 2013, 12:12:32 AM »
And shape.
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Re: Where is the Octopus? Cephalopods & Camouflage (video)
« Reply #4 on: September 14, 2013, 09:18:42 AM »
Aye.  Transformers of the sea.
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