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Nat Geo: Coral Reef Color
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An octopus (Octopus cyannea) hunts by making a tent with its legs and skin membranes over reef rubble. Various fish species wait to capture prey trying to escape the octopus. It is believed that by changing the color of the skin between its legs to white, the octopus tricks creatures into trying to escape from beneath rubble.

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Tim Laman
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Keywords
Animals, Southeast Asia, Underwater, Z1, Animal Behavior, octopus (Octopus cyannea)
An octopus (Octopus cyannea) hunts by making a tent with its legs and skin membranes over reef rubble.  Various fish species wait to capture prey trying to escape the octopus.  It is believed that by changing the color of the skin between its legs to white, the octopus tricks creatures into trying to escape from beneath rubble.