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Several of the flatfish that share the octopus's Indonesian habitat are toxic, including the peacock sole (Pardachirus pavoninus) and the zebra sole (Zebrias spp.).
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Several of the flatfish that share the octopus's Indonesian habitat are toxic, including the peacock sole (Pardachirus pavoninus) and the zebra sole (Zebrias spp.).
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Some bird species restricted to this ecoregion or found in few other places in Amazonia include ashy-tailed swifts (an austral migrant, Chaetura andrei), blue-tufted starthroats (Heliomaster furcifer), pavonine quetzals (Pharomachrus pavoninus), white-eared jacamars (Galbalcyrhynchus leucotis), endemic ochre-striped antpittas (Grallaria dignissima), curassows (Mitu salvini), a terrestrial bird, and golden-winged tody-flycatchers (Todirostrum calopterum).
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It may fool predators into thinking the octopus is a toxic flatfish (such as the peacock sole, Pardachirus pavoninus, or the zebra sole, Zebrias spp.); it may obscure the octopus's outline against the black-and-white sandy bottoms; or it may serve as an honest warning sign of the mimic's unpalatable flesh.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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It may fool predators into thinking the octopus is a toxic flatfish (such as the peacock sole, Pardachirus pavoninus, or the zebra sole, Zebrias spp.); it may obscure the octopus's outline against the black-and-white sandy bottoms; or it may serve as an honest warning sign of the mimic's unpalatable flesh.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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It may fool predators into thinking the octopus is a toxic flatfish (such as the peacock sole, Pardachirus pavoninus, or the zebra sole, Zebrias spp.); it may obscure the octopus's outline against the black-and-white sandy bottoms; or it may serve as an honest warning sign of the mimic's unpalatable flesh.
Science Blog 2010
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