Fascinating Timelapse Of An Octopus Dreaming Shows How Amazing These Sea Creatures Really Are (Pictures & Video)

Blake Seidel • Managing Editor & Brand Manager

Mar 3, 2023 4:00 PM EST

Ladies and gentlemen, hold on to your tentacles because we have some breaking news straight from the underwater world! Our sources have just shared an incredible video of an octopus changing colors while it's dreaming. Yes, you heard it right, dreaming! Now, we don't know about you, but we've never seen anything like this before. It's like watching a live psychedelic light show, but with an eight-armed creature as the star.

I wonder what this octopus is dreaming about? Maybe it's dreaming about a beautiful coral reef or a delicious crab feast. Or perhaps, it's dreaming about starring in its own one-octopus show on Broadway. Well, there you have it folks, another day, another mind-blowing discovery in the animal kingdom. Enjoy!

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It's crazy to see the changes in color, and texture! Now he has little bumps, and is kind of sand-colored, but just wait to see how he changes to white and bumpy, then smooth, then the color of rocks, and with lots of little spikes! It's incredible!
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Here, it looks like a piece of white coral. Or some really pale sand. And look how smooth the texture of his skin is. Octopuses are really amazing creatures, and we're not fully convinced that they aren't aliens.
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