The Mimic Octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) has a unique way of camouflaging. Rather than blending in with the seafloor, it changes its skin color and how it moves its tentacles to take on the shape of other sea creatures.

What octopus has the best camouflage?

The so-called “mimic octopus” and the undescribed “white V octopus” of tropical Indonesia, and the Caribbean long-arm octopus Macrotritopus defilippi mimic the shape, colouration, and swimming speed of local flatfish when they are moving.

Can Pacific octopus camouflage?

Camouflage. Giant Pacific octopuses have huge, bulbous heads and are generally reddish-brown in color. Like the other members of the octopus family, though, they use special pigment cells in their skin to change colors and textures, and can blend in with even the most intricately patterned corals, plants, and rocks.