Indo-Malayan mimic octopus
(from National Geographic News)
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What an amazing creature with quite the repertoire of disguises!
kitty.
Now that's what I call cute.
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insane. But prolly a one in a thousand shot.
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I don't follow this things, but is it the same species as features in the videos here?
All it needs is a good agent.
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It is not one of those tentacly things, but here is a video of another denizen of the deep.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xr5gA5MxnxU&NR
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