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minus-squareFooBarrington@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up120·5 months agoTransparent can still be more visible than good camouflage. Just look at how well they can imitate rocks and similar debris: https://youtu.be/q8xJ13pAZNw
minus-squareAeroLemming@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42·5 months agoHoly hell. So I guess cloaking technology already exists, it’s just that the octopuses got to it first.
minus-squarenilloc@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·5 months agoI wonder how much energy it takes to transform, or hold patterns like that. Also it’s a bummer they’re lives are so short. We need some more smart octopi in our world.
minus-squareSylvartas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·5 months agoI’m convinced that if octopi had significantly longer lifespans, they would be the ones dominating this planet, and you can’t convince me otherwise
minus-squareTachyonTele@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·5 months agoImagine how cool their gamepads would be
Transparent can still be more visible than good camouflage. Just look at how well they can imitate rocks and similar debris: https://youtu.be/q8xJ13pAZNw
Holy hell. So I guess cloaking technology already exists, it’s just that the octopuses got to it first.
I wonder how much energy it takes to transform, or hold patterns like that.
Also it’s a bummer they’re lives are so short. We need some more smart octopi in our world.
I’m convinced that if octopi had significantly longer lifespans, they would be the ones dominating this planet, and you can’t convince me otherwise
Imagine how cool their gamepads would be