A ldquo master of disguise rdquo lives in the waters of Indonesia and in the Great Barrier Reef The mimic octopus like other octopuses can change its skin pigment to blend in with its surroundings This intelligent creature also changes its shape and ldquo the way it moves and behaves rdquo when threatened In fact the mimic octopus can impersonate fifteen other kinds of sea creatures including the venomous lionfish and flatfish and even deadly sea snakes Though imperfect these disguises provide time to escape other predators and may have kept the mimic octopus from being discovered until Unlike the
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