Mimic Octopus

You can mimic octopus have a documentary on TV and if so, chances are you saw were amazed. There are two main types of mimic octopus Wonderpus Photogenicus and Mimic Octopus. To the untrained eye, look exactly alike.

Habitat and diet
Both come from the waters around Southeast Asia and are almost identical in appearance and behavior. They are white with dark stripes feed the entire body. Mimic Octopus are also some ofsmaller than their family in the desert, a length of 2 meters is achievable.

Both species are usually on sandy substrates, which usually is to build their dens. There also prey on small crustaceans and fish caught to handle. The way to distinguish between the two is, as I have my coat. Wonderpus Photogenicus has a very solid brown, while the coat is Mimic Octopus models that fade to white at the edges.

Mimicry

Here weTo see what their facial expression known. Both species have the ability of a variety of creatures as a defense mechanism or imitate as a form of camouflage. Some of their most common forms are: -

- Sea-band Snake
- Flounder
- And the lionfish

And 'because of his impeccable mimicry, imitating the octopus is one of the most interesting topics of marine biology.

Life in captivity

They come in occasionally and marine aquarium tradeSome people are known to keep them. However, not many were able to breed successfully. There are a few reasons. The greatest difficulty in maintaining a mimic octopus in order of time of use. In nature do not live more than a year at most. When arriving on the market, we have no idea how old copies. There is a possibility, may be in dire straits.

They also need a diet to make life good crabs. consume most of the effort to teach them, food deadlargely failed. Because of this, is the opinion of most experts, his living his life will mimic octopus in the wild.