12M views · 87K reactions | Best Camouflage on Earth! #nature #animals #octopus | Jacob Colvin | Facebook

782K views · 14K reactions | Check out this foraging day octopus- aren't they mesmerizing!?  Rafhan Ahmed ☀️ The Octopus Cyanea can produce a variety of color patterns and elaborate skin textures that camouflage against the ocean floor — because they hunt during the day, their ability to change colors is exceptionally fast! One day octopus was observed changing colors & textures over 1000 times in a 7 hour period alone! | Octonation - The Largest Octopus Fan Club | Facebook

105K views · 106 reactions | An #octopus larva the size of an M&M flashes its pigment cells (chromatophores), a type of camouflage. Many octopuses spend their early lives in the open water column, then as they get bigger find a home on the #sea floor. Found in the #oceantwilightzone, the area between 200-1000 meters deep, which we are currently exploring with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) . : Patrick Hopkins | OceanX | Facebook