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klemens Gann
05-17-2010, 05:40 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iby1HFR-4g

The Publisher
05-17-2010, 07:19 PM
Oh, that was really cool.

These guys are hard to come by, but you captured awesome footage.

acelockco
05-18-2010, 02:35 AM
Wow, that was cool. Watching it change color so much was amazing.

How big was it anyway?

The Publisher
05-18-2010, 04:28 AM
Are they good eating? ;)

klemens Gann
05-18-2010, 05:36 AM
That was the first mimcs, I've ever seen in the Philippines. The spot was only 7m deep located infront a small village. They were around 30 cm in length. The divemaster told us that the place is still unknown to the other dive shops, therefore we found ONLY 7 mimics, so each potographers actually had his private mimic.While I was filming them others swam around me as I saw on pictures after the dive. Awsome experience.http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=62134&id=106471256058252#!/photo.php?pid=62137&id=106471256058252&fbid=107552965950081

The Publisher
05-18-2010, 09:26 PM
Only 7 mimic octopus in one dive site?! Forget it then! lol.

That's awesome....sort of like a mimic assembly line for underwater photogs/videographers...

acelockco
05-19-2010, 06:39 AM
Only 7 mimic octopus in one dive site?! Forget it then! lol.
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LOL, too funny. I can't even imagine how cool it must have been.

greenturtle
05-19-2010, 03:20 PM
This is cool! Saw my first (and only) mimic octopus in Lembeh Straits, Manado.

JoeBubbles
05-21-2010, 07:09 AM
Great footage Klemens. Zeny and I will have to dive GhostTown next year with Pedro. Last April we only had time to dive Napantao and Limasawa and of course do some whaleshark snorkelling.

klemens Gann
05-21-2010, 08:37 AM
hi Joe,
yes Pedro should take you there, it's a spot not to be missed. Apart from the mimics we had flamboyant cuttlefish and lots of harlequin ghostpipefish there, not to talk abouth the seldom milbe nudibranchs with their Radula (mouth) feeding constantly. I will post a short video from Leyte in the next weeks.
thanks for your nice comments.

acelockco
05-21-2010, 08:40 PM
I will post a short video from Leyte in the next weeks.


Can't wait to see more of your epic footage.

klemens Gann
10-04-2010, 01:18 AM
Here you can read the story about the dive with the mimic octopus:

http://www.dvdunderwater.com/Underwater_DVD/Blog/Entries/2010/4/9_Mimic_Octopus_-_mimicry_in_perfection.html

The Publisher
10-04-2010, 02:51 AM
Nice read!

wangyin
07-18-2011, 09:09 AM
They have been near to 30 cm in length. The divemaster informed us the fact that area is even now unidentified in the direction of other dive shops, for that reason we found out ONLY 7 mimics, so every potographers in actuality experienced his confidential mimic

samtihen
08-27-2011, 03:22 PM
Highly relevant XKCD Comic (http://xkcd.com/928/)

hebeyl
06-12-2012, 09:06 AM
I would've thought smashing your little brother would've been great.........







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