the best part is the occy doesn't realise its doing that, as smart as they are, they don't live long enough to learn this and its all just evolutionary instinct. Make each shape for each situation..
^^ far out! Not much joy on the lower scales of the food chain!
I read a whole heap of stuff about them on Wikepedia. Die after thier first root and the female ceases to eat after laying her eggs and often eats her own tentacles to sustain herself whilst caring for the eggs.
And yes, very short life span in most cases. Also this:
In some countries, octopuses are on the list of experimental animals on which surgery may not be performed without anesthesia. In the UK, cephalopods such as octopuses are regarded as honorary vertebrates under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 and other cruelty to animals legislation, extending to them protections not normally afforded to invertebrates.[12]
Looks like a road runner. Maybe another mimic occy is chasing him mimicking a coyote.
