http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120104153747.htm
It was documented by Godehard Kopp of the University of Gottingen, Germany. In the article it states that the marble jawfish performs a form of mimicry to the mimic octopus to collect food and protect itself from predators the same way the octopus does. The jawfish is the same color as the octopus, so it blends itself near the tentacles of the octopus. The octopus seems to either not notice or not care of the jawfish's presence as the jawfish doesn't seem to be a threat to the octopus. The jawfish won't hurt the octopus, so they seem to coexist with each other. The octopus on the other hand can adopt characteristic undulating movements of other fish, and display bold brown-and-white color patterns. Due to this it can survive itself from predators in the shallow waters.
It was documented by Godehard Kopp of the University of Gottingen, Germany. In the article it states that the marble jawfish performs a form of mimicry to the mimic octopus to collect food and protect itself from predators the same way the octopus does. The jawfish is the same color as the octopus, so it blends itself near the tentacles of the octopus. The octopus seems to either not notice or not care of the jawfish's presence as the jawfish doesn't seem to be a threat to the octopus. The jawfish won't hurt the octopus, so they seem to coexist with each other. The octopus on the other hand can adopt characteristic undulating movements of other fish, and display bold brown-and-white color patterns. Due to this it can survive itself from predators in the shallow waters.
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