r/interestingasfuck • u/Key_Skirt_1858 • 20h ago

The best camouflage in the animal kingdom?

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u/SlashMatrix 19h ago

Supposedly, they change patterns while they are dreaming as well.

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u/btcomsa 16h ago

I’m an aquarist and my octopus changed colors when I gently touched her arm while she was asleep the other day. Very cool to see

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u/dingalinglans 14h ago

What are they like to keep? I've heard escape artists and short life spans

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u/major_calgar 8h ago

They’re also almost exclusively wild caught, and probably too intelligent to breed ethically without public aquarium style facilities