Saturday, June 29, 2013

The Octopus

The octopus is an eight-armed hunter. It uses a most interesting
method of concealing itself from other animals: camouflage. The cells
which make up its skin automatically adapt to its surroundings and
replicate, just like a mirror, their color and texture.
The octopus' eyes are very sharp.It can identify changes in its
surroundings most effectively, and thus changes the color and pattern
of its skin in accordance with its surroundings. Its skin is covered
in special pigment-containing cells known as "chromatophores." These
cells in the skin expand or shrink when stimulated by the nervous
system, creating color patterns that can be changed instantly.
Different cells carry different color pigments and these allow
countless color combinations and patterns to form.
The creature most frequently hunted by the octopus is the crab. The
octopus expertly defends itself from the crab's powerful pincers, and
its teeth are strong enough to break the crab's shell.
With its superior features, this hunter, which consists of moving
muscles, is a perfect creature which conceals itself in the finest
possible way.
It is impossible for the octopus to have felt the need to conceal
itself from other creatures and then to have installed special color
cells in its skin. This splendid camouflage system possessed by the
octopus is, without doubt, an example of the flawless creation of the
All-Knowing God.

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