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Article: Meet an eight-legged actor: If you think the Oscar nominees are good at pretending, wait till you hear what this octopus can do.(The Home Forum)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- March 5, 2002
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Byline: Pamela S. Turner
At first, it's just a lump creeping across the sand. Then it speeds up. It flattens its body, pulling all eight arms in tight. Instead of jetting like an octopus, it moves its body in a wave. What is this thing? An octopus or a flatfish?
Several years ago, divers found this very strange octopus. It was the size of a child's bicycle tire and swam in the warm, tropical waters of Indonesia. It lived in a mucky area where few people had been scuba diving. Octopuses are famous for being able to change color and shape, but this one was special.
Divers said it could imitate a whole cast of other animals: flatfish, ...