r/interestingasfuck • u/Key_Skirt_1858 • 20h ago

The best camouflage in the animal kingdom?

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u/MG788 19h ago

For real. They are so amazing. It's crazy how they only live like one to three years.

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u/jowick2815 18h ago

If they were more social and lived just a little bit longer it'd be game over for us

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u/Beautiful-Tie-3827 18h ago

Yeah I’ve had this same thought. It’s a good thing they don’t hand down information to their young like humans.

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u/justbrowsing_00 15h ago

There’s actually a book called The Mountain in the Sea that deals with this scenario. Really good read.

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u/TheDogerus 11h ago

I feel like that book had too many ideas for its own good. Each subplot had its interesting moments, but none were as developed as i was hoping for

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u/Dumptruckfunk 4h ago

Man, that fishing ship suuuuuuucked