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January 6, 2012 11:48 am PST
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/WfsLj_3Uaf8/fish-mimics-mimic-octopus.html
Fish mimics mimic octopus
This is a great find by Not Exactly Rocket Science's Ed Yong. A tourist and a couple of researchers from the California Academy of Sciences have documented an instance of Pacific-dwelling jawfish hiding from predators by blending into the stripes of well-known camouflage guru, the mimic octopus. This relationship is probably a rare occurrence. The [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/WfsLj_3Uaf8/fish-mimics-mimic-octopus.html
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