When other necessary functions are also at play – changing the texture of the skin to mimic rock or coral, for example, and the neural load – octopus camouflage becomes a hefty energetic cost.
Octopuses are masters of camouflage and disguise. An alarmed octopus can vanish even while you watch, flawlessly transforming into what looks like a piece of coral-encrusted rock, or another species ...
Although they are colorblind, they can change colors and patterns in an instant as a camouflage tactic, to confuse predators, or to appear more intimidating. They can change shape to fit into ...
Highly intelligent creatures, giant Pacific octopuses have learned to open jars, mimic other octopuses, and solve mazes in lab tests. Their population numbers are unknown, and they do not ...