Octo camouflage video, real?

[airforcelush]

It looks fake to me, cause this thing literal completely disappears. First time I watched it I thought to myself "No freak'n way". What do all you experts think?

http://unoriginal.co.uk/footage33_2.html

[SeanT]

I say fake.
I watched it over and over and though I believe Octopi have remarkable cammouflage skills I don't know of any that can transport to an area they were not previously occupying.
jmo,
Sean

[Gonodactylus]

It is real. I know the photographer.

Roy

[hogpark7430]

real

[airforcelush]

Any clue then as to what kind of octo it is?

[SeanT]

I stand corrected about the tape's validity.
I must add that since this is real...WAY COOL!

[Absint Reefer]

real very cool video

[Nuhtty]

wow...makes me want to ditch the picasso trigger idea and get an octo in my 65

[browardreefer]

real just look at the way the rest of the "rock" is swaying compatred tot he octo movment

[fragn'stein]

That has got to be the coolest thing I have ever seen.

[Gonodactylus]

Looks like Octopus vulgarus from the Caribbean.

Roy

[SaltyPugs]

real....and amazing!!!

[cirri]

that is definately real

[wizklaudia]

Yeah... and awesome.
wow imagine looking for one of those. you could never find it

[SurfinJK92]

I need to get an octo...my 8th fish tank

[dj synystr]

thats REAL! i have seen this one before along with others. octo's rely on camoflage for hunting and surving. and plus why would someone take the time to make a fake 48 second video of an octo?

[staticxtreme]

absolutly incredible.....How the heck did the camera man know it was there in the first place?

[Gonodactylus]

He watched it settle and assume the protective coloration, then slowly approached to flush it.

[Hockeyben51]

REAL REAL REAL oly did watching it in reverse did i believe it.

[Travis L. Stevens]

Definitely real. Cuttlefish definitely can change color that fast. Better yet, a peacock flounder can change a variety of colors. Even close to a checker board pattern. And the mimic octopus is a sight to see as well.

[karl~23]

COOL !!!

[mitchiemitch1]

i didnt know creatures like that existed... this place is f'ing awesome.

[Sinistard]

Here is an octo I saw while snorkling in the St.Johns

It went from this color
http://www.stereovisions.com/images/images/octo1.jpg

to this color in an instant and swam under the rock when I got to close
http://www.stereovisions.com/images/images/octo2.jpg

I swam away a bit and it wondered back out and turned back to this color
http://www.stereovisions.com/images/images/octo3.jpg

[macDRE]

yeah that so real my octopus will look just like the rock and then he turn back to regular color

[macDRE]

cool

[fishgk]

This is definitely real! I worked for Roger Hanlon this summer, and that indeed is actual footage of an octpus' amazing camo capabilities!