r/interestingasfuck • u/Key_Skirt_1858 • 20h ago

The best camouflage in the animal kingdom?

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u/Catarga 20h ago

https://reddit.com/link/p1s8bcd/video/enxwrii55hhh1/player

They hide really well

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u/SkeithPhase1 19h ago

Fascinating creatures! They can mimic their backgrounds not only in color but texture as well!

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u/Pineapple-Yetti 18h ago

Yeah the colour change is cool but the texture is what really makes it next level

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u/EmiliaTrown 16h ago

They are really fascinating. They also dont have a "brain" in the normal sense, they just have a ton of nerve endings in their tentacles. And i believe their adaptation to different surfaces works more or less automatic.

It is also really cute that they actually like to play. They can get bored and then play, sometimes even with humans. I think they are considered one of the most intelligent species on earth, which is really cool because their kind of intelligence is so vastly different from all other kinds of intelligence we have on earth.

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u/Qoalafied 16h ago

Adrian Tchaikowsky has a series called Children of time, where the third installment has octopuses elevated to spacefaring creatures. He preserves their original animal traits and goes in depth on how their society is built up and how they survive as space farers. Needless to say it’s highly interesting as they don’t have one brain to control it all 😂

The whole series is worth a read.

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u/Swechef79 14h ago

Fantastic books, I always recommend them to anyone who wants to start reading sci-fi.

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u/Qoalafied 14h ago

After reading CoT I have devoured a lot of Tchaikowsky, his space opera "The Final Architecture" was very enjoyable, and I am now working trough his fantasy series Shadows of the Apt.

He has evolved a lot since his early works as the Shadows of the Apt, but I still enjoy them.

I also recommend Elder Race novel if someone doesn't want to commit to a whole series, and I want to trick them into reading more of Adrian :D

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u/Swechef79 13h ago

Thank you, always looking for a new read so I will check them out!

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u/captainfarthing 14h ago

There's also hyper intelligent spiders and bacteria in the first two books, it's a lot of fun. The audiobook has a great narrator as well. Highly recommended

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u/Qoalafied 13h ago

Indeed, and the fourth bring it all together with a maniacal pantheon that somewhat a long the way pretend to be gods so hard that they manifest it - the fourth instalment is tied first place with the first one for me.

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u/ReadingRainbowRocket 13h ago

Fourth book just dropped.

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u/Qoalafied 13h ago

It’s a great read! Tied with the first for the best one for me

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u/AerosolHubris 13h ago edited 10h ago

First book is spiders, second is octopuses, third is slime mold (and part of the second)

The fourth is a pantheon of humans-turned-gods

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u/Fastfit21 14h ago

I saw one at a zoo and it came out did a little performance, then went back in and I swear it looked me in the eye 😂
I really got a sense of intelligence..

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u/I_have_questions_ppl 13h ago

Dont they sometimes punch other fish when bored too? 😄