- Joined
- Nov 19, 2002
- Messages
- 2,107
One has to be a bit careful in claiming that actions of one wild animal intentionally mimic those of another - there's a bit of discussion in Jay Hemdal's article here, and also over on this thread.
dwhatley;115580 said:To add to the mix, is it just me or do your rocks disguise themselves as octos/cuttles? I know, that sounds rediculous but when you are hunting Mercs in a tank you look for eyes and arms and you start to realize that the natural shapes (shell edges can actually look JUST like octo arms with suckers, barnacles like a pair of eyes) and the critter shapes are really very similar. The "mimicing" may have more to do with taking on shapes of rockwork and substrate that HAPPEN to be the natural camoflage of what we think they are emulating.