I have seen at least 2 recent articles:
Picture 2 How To Spot A Mimic Octopus — The Mystery Revealed
Rare Sighting Of Dashing, Two-Legged Hairy Sprinting Crab?
that are using either this picture or the video that it came from stating this is a mimic (Thaumoctopus mimicus). Please tell me that this is a propagated journalistic error and that the animal is likely the coconut octopus (Abdopus marginatus ) but DEFINITELY not the mimic.
Picture 2 How To Spot A Mimic Octopus — The Mystery Revealed
Rare Sighting Of Dashing, Two-Legged Hairy Sprinting Crab?
that are using either this picture or the video that it came from stating this is a mimic (Thaumoctopus mimicus). Please tell me that this is a propagated journalistic error and that the animal is likely the coconut octopus (Abdopus marginatus ) but DEFINITELY not the mimic.