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7. There a certin ocyupus that can change their color to match their background.

Wed Jun 15, 2016, 03:20 AM

Jun 2016

They showed one next to a checker background. It immediately changed to checkered. It would change to any color they held next to it. Fascinating.

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Octopuses Are Aliens With Weird DNA And Superpower Capabilities [View all] NWCorona Jun 2016 OP

Anyway way donco Jun 2016 #1

The octopus evolved a bigger brain. Fuddnik Jun 2016 #3

I KNEW kcdoug1 Jun 2016 #2

Oh R'lyeh? Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2016 #5

Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn pokerfan Jun 2016 #11

Or we don't have analogs for sequencing or fossilized bodies sakabatou Jun 2016 #6

maybe they are aliens MFM008 Jun 2016 #8

so I was like AAAAGATAGAT, and the RNA was like UUUUCUAEUCUA MisterP Jun 2016 #13

PZ Myers had something to say about this. longship Jun 2016 #10

They are incredibly intelligent. I don't eat them any more. Hekate Jun 2016 #14

I welcome our cephalopod overlords! csziggy Jun 2016 #16

Correct me if I'm wrong, but... Wednesdays Jun 2016 #17