A good eye will spot the black-marble jawfish next to the mimic octopus's arm (Credit: Godehard Kopp) The mimic octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) has the uncanny ability to make itself look like more dangerous creatures, such as lionfish, sea snakes and soles. The octopus does this with its distinctive color pattern and ability to adjust its shape and behavior (see this earlier blog post on the octopus for a video in which it mimics a flatfish). But now the mimic has a mimicker of its own, scientists report in the journal Coral Reefs. Godehard Kopp of the University of Gottingen in Germany was [...]
