{"id":11062,"date":"2013-02-14T15:29:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-14T15:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=11062"},"modified":"2013-02-14T15:33:01","modified_gmt":"2013-02-14T15:33:01","slug":"heres-why-octopuses-are-some-of-the-coolest-creatures-on-the-planet-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/heres-why-octopuses-are-some-of-the-coolest-creatures-on-the-planet-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Here&#8217;s why octopuses are some of the coolest creatures on the planet [video]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11057\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/octopus-disguise\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/octopus-disguise.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"620,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Here&amp;#8217;s why Octopuses are some of the coolest creatures on the planet \" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/octopus-disguise.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11057\" alt=\"Here&#039;s why Octopuses are some of the coolest creatures on the planet \" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/octopus-disguise.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/octopus-disguise.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/octopus-disguise-300x145.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To start off, with octopuses are mighty weird things. They have two eyes and four pairs of arms and are bilaterally symmetric, with a\u00a0hard beak around its mouth at the\u00a0centre\u00a0point of the arms.<\/p>\n<p>They have no internal or external skeleton, so they can squeeze into\u00a0ridiculously\u00a0tight spots, they&#8217;re incredibly smart\u00a0creatures, but most\u00a0amazing\u00a0of all, they have such powers of\u00a0camouflage\u00a0that they can\u00a0almost\u00a0become invisible.<\/p>\n<p>\n<!--more-->\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11064\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/heres-why-octopuses-are-some-of-the-coolest-creatures-on-the-planet-video\/octopus-disguise-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/octopus-disguise-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"619,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Here&amp;#8217;s why Octopuses are some of the coolest creatures on the planet \" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/octopus-disguise-1.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11064\" alt=\"Here&#039;s why Octopuses are some of the coolest creatures on the planet \" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/octopus-disguise-1.jpg\" width=\"619\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/octopus-disguise-1.jpg 619w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/octopus-disguise-1-300x193.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 619px) 100vw, 619px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This incredible footage taken by marine biologist Roger Hanlon shows just how good an\u00a0octopus&#8217;s disguise can be.<\/p>\n<p>If you look at the still\u00a0above, there&#8217;s no sign of an\u00a0octopus\u00a0anywhere, but check out the video below and be prepared to be\u00a0surprised!<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencefriday.com\/video\/08\/05\/2011\/where-s-the-octopus.html\" target=\"_blank\">Via<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To start off, with octopuses are mighty weird things. 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