Alex Mustard / A pair of mimic octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) mating. The male, behind, has grabbed the female and grasps her as he tries to place his sperm sac inside her mantle with his arm. Lembeh Strait, Molucca...
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Alex Mustard / A pair of mimic octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) mating/courtship. The smaller male, right, is riding on top of the female as he tries to place his sperm sac inside her mantle with his arm. Lembeh Strai...
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Alex Mustard / An Atlantic long arm octopus (Octopus defilippi) swims across the seabed. This is a typical swimming posture for long arm octopus, but it has been suggested as mimicking a poisonous sole in the mimic...
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Alex Mustard / A mimic octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) makes a 'poisonous sole' impression, Java Sea, Puri Jati, Bali, Indonesia. South East Asia, Java Sea
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Alex Mustard / Mimic octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) hiding, half buried in the sand. Java Sea, Jati, Bali, Indonesia, South East Asia
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Juergen Freund / Mimic octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) entering a burrow on the seabed, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Juergen Freund / Mimic octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) mating pair, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Juergen Freund / Mimic Octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) impersonating a flatfish or flounder. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Juergen Freund / Mimic Octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) on the sea bed. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Juergen Freund / Mimic Octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) swimming along the sea bed. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Juergen Freund / Mimic Octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) on the sea bed. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Juergen Freund / Mimic octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) head and body, seen from above. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Mimic octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) hunting for prey over sandy seabed, one arm is investigating a burrow for prey, Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Mimic octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) hunting for prey over sandy seabed, Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Mimic octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) hunting over sandy bottom, investigating burrows and spreading skin between its arms to form a tent to prevent any prey from escaping, Lembeh Strait, North Sulawe...
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GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Mimic octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) hunting over sandy bottom. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia
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GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Mimic octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) hunting over sandy bottom, Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Mimic octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) hunting for prey over sandy seabed. One arm is investigating a burrow, while the skin between the other arms is streched to form a 'tent' to prevent any prey escap...
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GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Mimic octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) hunting for prey over sandy seabed. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia
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GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Mimic octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) hunting over sandy seabed, Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia
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Jeff Rotman / Mimic Octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) swimming, Lembeh Strait, Celebes Sea, Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Jeff Rotman / Mimic Octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) swimming, dropping down through water, Lembeh Strait, Celebes Sea, Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Jeff Rotman / Mimic Octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) swimming, Lembeh Strait, Celebes Sea, Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Jeff Rotman / Mimic Octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) swimming, Lembeh Strait, Celebes Sea, Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Jeff Rotman / Looking up at tentacles of Mimic Octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) swimming, Lembeh Strait, Celebes Sea, Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Jeff Rotman / Mimic Octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) swimming. Lembeh Strait, Celebes Sea, Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Jeff Rotman / Mimic Octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) swimming, streamlined, Lembeh Strait, Celebes Sea, Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Jeff Rotman / Mimic Octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) swimming, Lembeh Strait, Celebes Sea, Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Jeff Rotman / Mimic Octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) swimming, Lembeh Strait, Celebes Sea, Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Jeff Rotman / Mimic Octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) swimming, Lembeh Strait, Celebes Sea, Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Jeff Rotman / Mimic Octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) swimming, Lembeh Strait, Celebes Sea, Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Jeff Rotman / Mimic Octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) descending through water, Lembeh Strait, Celebes Sea, Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Jeff Rotman / Mimic Octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) swimming, Lembeh Strait, Celebes Sea, Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Jeff Rotman / Mimic Octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) swimming, Lembeh Strait, Celebes Sea, Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Jeff Rotman / Mimic Octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) swimming, streamlined, mimicing a sea snake, Lembeh Strait, Celebes Sea, Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Jeff Rotman / Mimic Octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) swimming, dropping down through water, Lembeh Strait, Celebes Sea, Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Jeff Rotman / Mimic Octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) swimming through water mimicing a flounder. Lembeh Strait, Celebes Sea, Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Jeff Rotman / Mimic Octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) swimming, streamlined, Lembeh Strait, Celebes Sea, Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Jeff Rotman / Mimic Octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) swimming, dropping down through water, Lembeh Strait, Celebes Sea, Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Jeff Rotman / Mimic Octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) swimming, Lembeh Strait, Celebes Sea, Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Jeff Rotman / Mimic Octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) swimming, Lembeh Strait, Celebes Sea, Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Long-armed octopus / Mimic octopus {Octopus sp.} releasing cloud of ink before darting into hole in the sand, Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Solvin Zankl / Mimic octopus on seabed {Octopus sp} Lembeh, Sulawesi
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David Hall / Mimic octopus {Octopus sp} Papua New Guinea
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Constantinos Petrinos / Mimic octopus hunting, legs spread to block escape routes. Bali, Indonesia
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Constantinos Petrinos / Mimic octopus hunting, legs spread to block escape routes. Bali, Indonesia
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Constantinos Petrinos / Mimic octopus hunting with legs extended to block escape routes. Bali, Indonesia
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Constantinos Petrinos / Fire-worm attempts to steal food from Mimic octopus positioned at entrance to its burrow, Bali. Note discarded shells of prey items.
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Constantinos Petrinos / Fire-worm attempts to steal food from Mimic octopus positioned at entrance to its burrow, Bali. Note discarded shells of prey items.
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Constantinos Petrinos / Mimic octopus impersonating a flat fish eg Flounder, or moving quickly by jet propulsion back to its burrow with prey? Bali
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Constantinos Petrinos / Mimic octopus impersonating a flat fish eg Flounder, or moving by jet propulsion back to its burrow with prey? Bali, Indon
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Constantinos Petrinos / Mimic octopus - perhaps impersonating a Stingray or Flounder. Bali, Indonesia
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Constantinos Petrinos / Mimic octopus posture - impersonating a Mantis shrimp or maybe just sitting at the entrance to its burrow observing its surroundings , Bali, Indonesia.
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Nature Production / Mimic Octopus {Octopus sp} mimicking tridacna clam, Izu Osezaki, Shizuoka, Japan, December
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Nature Production / Mimic Octopus {Octopus sp} moving across seabed, Izu Osezaki, Shizuoka, Japan, December
