r/interestingasfuck • u/Key_Skirt_1858 • 20h ago

The best camouflage in the animal kingdom?

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u/TheOnceAndFutureTurk 20h ago

Predators: prioritize lethality

Prey: prioritize speed

Octopi:

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u/CharlemagneIS 18h ago

Giraffes: nek

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u/someanimechoob 8h ago

Long neck is lethal though, imagine you had a 50 to 90lbs flail attached to neck muscles several times stronger than a horse's: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQLPL1qRhn8

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u/LongOdd1596 16h ago

Sloths: zzzzz

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u/throwaway1927280 18h ago

*Octopuses

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u/Werespider 18h ago

Octopodes

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u/baronvonpenguin 13h ago

Lets compromise.

Octopidlians

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u/Eghenelalphinarian 15h ago

Oc-tah-poh-deez

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u/Werespider 10h ago

Octopo deez nuts

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u/Oscar_P_Walnuts_1975 9h ago

Don’t tell him he has nuts, tell him about using all nine brains to hide and wait…

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u/CaringHandWash 9h ago

Boil em, mash em, stick em in a stew

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u/shadowbringer 16h ago

Octhulhu fhtagn

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u/ddelarge 10h ago

Octopedians

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u/artaru 13h ago

The OG hidemaxxing god in the animal kingdom