What is Mimic octopus?
{{Taxobox | image = Mimic Octopus.jpg | name = Mimic octopus | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Mollusk|Mollusca]] | classis = [[Cephalopod]]a | ordo = [[Octopus|Octopoda]] | familia = [[Octopodidae]] | genus = '''''Thaumoctopus''''' | genus_authority = [[Mark Norman (marine biologist)|Norman]] & [[Hochberg]], 2005 | species = '''''T. mimicus''''' | binomial = ''Thaumoctopus mimicus'' | binomial_authority = ([[Mark Norman (marine biologist)|Norman]] & [[Hochberg]], 2005) }} The '''Mimic octopus''' (''Thaumoctopus mimicus'') is a type of [[octopus]] that can mimic [[flatfish]], [[starfish]], [[eels]], [[sea snakes]], [[coral]] and more kinds of animals. It grows up to be 60 cm (2 feet) in length. It lives off the coast of southeast [[Asia]], and it was discovered in 1998. Its coloring is brown and white stripes or spots. '''<u>Diet</u>''' The mimic octopus likes to eat small fish and crustaceans. <u>'''HABITAT'''</u> Mimic Octopus reach about 60cm in length and are typically brown and white striped for next two years,scientists filmed nine different mimic octopuses, Thaumoctopus mimics (Norman and hochberg, 2005),impersonating sea snakes, lion fish and flat fish a strategy used to avoid predetors mimic octupus . ==Other websites== {{commons cat-inline|Thaumoctopus mimicus}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Cephalopods]]