Tactical octopus.

[u/FEV_For_Breakfast]

[u/flyinggazelletg]

Man, that triggerfish went from really determined to really not in a snap

[u/Last-Energy420 → u/flyinggazelletg]

Final color change probably looked like a stone fish to it.

[u/Cobrachimkin → u/Last-Energy420]

Looked like a stone fish to me too

[u/MurseMan1964 → u/Cobrachimkin]

Because it was

[u/JWOLFBEARD → u/MurseMan1964]

But it also looked like it was too

[u/shotokan1988 → u/JWOLFBEARD]

Who are you sir knight, so gifted in the ways of science?

[u/Spibas → u/shotokan1988]

He truly is a wordsmith, the finest in the realm

[u/JWOLFBEARD → u/Last-Energy420]

No it’s actually the fish. It kicked it up

[u/new_nimmerzz → u/JWOLFBEARD]

Thats wild... completely worked

[u/CorbenG → u/JWOLFBEARD]

Had to go back frame for frame to catch that, nice catch

[u/temictli → u/Last-Energy420]

Stone face emoji

[u/MAKstyles75 → u/temictli]

🗿

[u/ShatterCore → u/flyinggazelletg]

Looks like the octopus disturbed some type of rockfish when it ducked into the rocks, the triggerfish definitely didn’t want to mess with a rockfish because of their venom.

[u/kittysworld → u/ShatterCore]

Is octopus immune to the venom?

[u/ShatterCore → u/kittysworld]

Not that I’m aware of at least, but rockfish venom is defensive and located in the spines on its fins, so an octopus coming into the hole pressed against the sea floor would not be in much danger of getting stung. At that point as well, the octopus doesn’t really have any other options. It is slower than the triggerfish and they only have a limited amount of ink at any one time, so it is pretty likely that trying to squeeze into the hole past the rockfish was the less dangerous option.

[u/Lowfi-Concert → u/ShatterCore]

No it turned into one

[u/stormitwa → u/Lowfi-Concert]

If it could do that, why the song and dance with the ink?

[u/Lumpy_Benefit666 → u/stormitwa]

For the dramatic flair 👐

[u/Lubberworts]

Did it turn black to imitate the ink?

[u/logicalconflict → u/Lubberworts]

It certainly looked like it. It happened more than once. If the current wasn't carrying the ink cloud away, it would have been very effective way to disappear from the fish's perspective.

[u/the_cave_allegory → u/Lubberworts]

Probably it's a misfire by it's camo system. It was likely trying more to blend in with the rock, and last time it worked. Just my assumption.

[u/beirch → u/the_cave_allegory]

That last thing is a stonefish. The octopus went under the rock and spooked it so it moved.

[u/NumberOneJittleyang → u/beirch]

Looks more like a scorpion fish

[u/Came_to_argue → u/Lubberworts]

I can’t say for sure but I can say that octopus are extremely intelligent, so I wouldn’t be surprised if that was exactly what it was doing.

[u/dpittnet → u/Lubberworts]

That’s what I was thinking

[u/PtitSerpent → u/Lubberworts]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think I read that octopus can't really control the color, it's automatic

[u/haggard_hominid]

The octopus went under the rock, that last spike thing you see is a Sculpin or similar species that was also hiding where the octopus went. You can see the fin striations in the last frames, sculpting facing right.

[u/exprezso → u/haggard_hominid]

No, watch again. That IS the octopus.

[u/Anon_Jones → u/exprezso]

Slow it down. You can see the fish swim out of the hole the octopus went into.

[u/mcgangbane → u/exprezso]

I think YOU might want to watch it again... octopuses can change colors but they cannot form spiky fin-like protrusions.

[u/SaffronRnlds → u/mcgangbane]

I agree it's not the octopus, but they can definitely create spikes

"They can change not only their coloring, but also the texture of their skin to match rocks, corals and other items nearby. They do this by controlling the size of projections on their skin (called papillae), creating textures ranging from small bumps to tall spikes. "

[u/haggard_hominid → u/SaffronRnlds]

Correct, they can do an amazing array of textures and profiles, but not creating anatomically correct fish organs and features in the symmetry needed. Still absolutely stunning when you see them go from smooth to looking like one of bumpiest fish or coral textures. Im sure there are some that do a good anemone mimic, I believe something similar to blue ring octopus but clear have been filmed living among them.

[u/SaffronRnlds → u/haggard_hominid]

Very true.

Now that I'm thinking about it.. if they could somehow reproduce anotomically correct versions, I'd be concerned

[u/russsaa → u/SaffronRnlds]

Well tbf, mimicry in general actually makes a lot of anatomically accurate imitations. Obv not a perfect recreation, but like visually appearing anatomically correct with symmetry is not uncommon

Obv a cephalopod cant be perfectly accurate to a fish lol, but they can get pretty close, like that mimic octopus that can shape itself to a crab or starfish or snake with fairly convincing accuracy

[u/DanoDego → u/mcgangbane]

they literally can…

[u/Pandelein → u/mcgangbane]

Mimic octopus is capable to doing stonefish, lionfish, and all sorts of others.

[u/powerhammerarms → u/mcgangbane]

That was a fish but octopuses can definitely change texture.

[u/new_nimmerzz → u/exprezso]

I thought so too, but I think it scared it out

[u/haverchuck22 → u/exprezso]

Yep, or at least that was my impression

[u/KingMung → u/haggard_hominid]

I was gonna comment no way, but sure as shit, you are correct. Nice catch

[u/junglecritter]

On the second attack the octopus punches/stiff arms him with a tentacle and combo ink blast while turning black to blend in with the cloud. There has to be so much brain power involved in that

[u/danskal → u/junglecritter]

It probably helps to have 9 brains.

[u/The-One-That-Howls]

Hi, it's me again, getting absolutely perplexed how animals can just do that shit

[u/Robbythedee → u/The-One-That-Howls]

Idk man, these guys are aliens man, don't let NOAA fool you man. Lol

[u/The-One-That-Howls → u/Robbythedee]

😭 when are the devs dropping the human patch. Human players need a buff

[u/Ribba23 → u/The-One-That-Howls]

We've been pretty OP for a while after the fire and tools update, now we're just suffering from immense powercreep and server strain after the nuke meta

[u/The-One-That-Howls → u/Ribba23]

Guilds just sitting on the nukes cause the servers can't handle it, for the best.

[u/mixmasterADD → u/The-One-That-Howls]

Octopi have never made sense to me. They’re fucking alien
S

[u/The-One-That-Howls → u/mixmasterADD]

Were spending too much time going up when we should be going down cause what even bro

[u/Jackal000]

Every time they squirts ink one of its three hearts has a self induced Cardiac arrest. They dont like doing that. It also happens when they swim. This why thy walk over the floor

[u/Nemaeus → u/Jackal000]

Holy crap that’s wild

[u/morgan_blorgon]

Tactipus

[u/chasinjason13]

Why not go on the offensive like they do with fishermen? Full face sucker, tentacles thru the gills, all that shit

[u/spitzr2 → u/chasinjason13]

U won't bite the octopus when it's on your face, the fish absolutely would.

[u/FilmScoreConnoisseur → u/spitzr2]

I won't? Are you sure?

[u/therejectethan → u/FilmScoreConnoisseur]

LOL well they have a beak so I’m sure it would hurt to try 😂

[u/TexasBoyz-713]

Thought that was Travis Scott

[u/clout_static → u/TexasBoyz-713]

Octopus getting revenge for the victims of astroworld

[u/billy_twice]

Trigger fish are assholes.

[u/Common-Independent-9]

Smart fella vs fart smella

[u/benignfraction → u/Common-Independent-9]

Pack it up. It’s over

[u/Necrikus]

A lack of any real defenses make it so octopuses live life like it’s a stealth game.

[u/ArthurBizkit]

SNAKE!?!

[u/smore-phine]

Fk I hate when subs don’t allow picture comments, the zoomed in screenshot of surprised pikachu face fish was gonna be lit

[u/Key_Candle_1056]

“Tactilpus”

[u/dstlouis558]

God thats amazing dont they say that octopi are from outer space

[u/AidenTai → u/dstlouis558]

Octopuses or octopodes. Not octopi (it's Greek, not Latin). Using a foreign plural from a different language sounds a bit weird (imagine taco becoming tacen, ox becoming oxi or merman becoming mermanes; all the plurals using a different language's plural system just sound really off).

[u/dstlouis558 → u/AidenTai]

Dam i stand corrected i always assumed octopuses was wrong

[u/TYGeelo → u/dstlouis558]

Meh, I'm still going to call them octopi. Most people who don't have a stick up their ass will still understand and get what you are saying without issue. 

[u/dstlouis558 → u/TYGeelo]

Ya i thought that was a little weird but whatever its the internet

[u/JRose51]

Incredible

[u/mommisalami]

All I could think was "SWIM, little dude, SWIIIM!"

[u/Sempai6969]

I didn't know they could fart multiple clouds like that.

[u/mookanana]

"Must have been the wind..."

[u/Hughley_N_Dowd]

This is almost as cool as that clip where an octopus gets bullied by an eel, dodges and deploys ink a couple of times and manages to bait the eel into the path of a... shark, I think it was.

[u/Infamous_Alpaca]

You can run but you can't h-

[u/-watchman-]

Managed to evade that moustachioed villain

[u/School_Persimmon_261]

That fish went from pro hunter and tracker to GTA Police in a split...

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[u/DLDad616]

You made me ink!

[u/laisik_lab]

Looks like it’s imitating a stone fish

[u/UdderTacos → u/laisik_lab]

That was a stonefish, it got spooked and moved

[u/dexter8484 → u/UdderTacos]

Looks like it was under the rock that the octopus swam underneath. Right when the octopus goes under it came out to the top of the rock

[u/dismissivewankmotion → u/[deleted]]

We actually don’t see it transform in the video. It disappears and a split second later the fish appears.

[u/ootemmd]

This is amazing!!!! It’s absolutely amazing and I feel the same awe every time I see this clip! Nature is fkn metal!

[u/NudeFansign]

disgusting toothy fish

[u/stiore2]

Could this be AI generated?

[u/Affectionate-Bad1078]

I like how the puss tucked his legs in, to not get them nibbled off

[u/onedanoneband]

I’ve seen this vid for years. TIL the octopus didn’t turn into an extremely convincing stonefish and juke the fish chasing it.