Mimicking Octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) · Females of mimic octopus differ from females of other octopus species because they do not stop searching for food and feeding while they carry their eggs. · Mimic octopuses have a unique strategy for avoiding predators. They are able to impersonate different animals (some scientists believe they are capable of imitating up to 15 different animal species), such as sea snakes, lionfish, jellyfish and flatfish. · While they imitate other animals, they don't just change the color of the animal. body, like other octopuses, but they also change their body shape. The mimic octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) belongs to the order Octopoda (octopuses) within the class Cephalodes. Its family, Octopodidae, contains more than 200 species, most of which are known species of benthic octopuses. Related species are the Wonderpus octopus, the blue-ringed octopus and the giant octopus. Mimic octopuses have a small size, they can reach 60 cm. Their tentacles are about 25 cm long and the thickness of a pencil. Their body coloring shows a brown-white stripe - spotted p...