Amazing Camoflage.

Cristatus

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I know there are octopuses that can camoflage like that, but their eyes already looked like whatever that plant was, and so did pretty much most of their body, but I've never seen the eyes of an animal, any animal, change like that.
 

jamerdean

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its real and an octopus. it has chromataphor cells that can change color and texture. :)
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destrekor

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im assuming its eyes don't actually change color rather it closes them nearly all the way, or the translucent eyelids dont show the eye when changed in color? most sea creatures dont have eyelids i believe but a few might, im assuming this one does.
 

venk

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isn't it amazing that mother nature can pull off what years of research and tons of money can't come close to replicating?
 

wvtalbot

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I was reading somewhere that an octopus like that has a highly complicated brain to be able to control all those cells in such an exact manner. The paper predicted that millions of years in the future their descendents could possibly evolve into intelligent life.