World's SMARTEST ANIMAL!? (The Magnificent Mimic Octopus!)

World's SMARTEST ANIMAL!? (The Magnificent Mimic Octopus!) "All octopuses are remarkably smart – with various species known to exhibit an impressive capacity for spatial learning, navigation, communication, tool usage and even observational learning. Octopuses have obvious cognitive thinking capabilities and evidence suggests that they may be capable of individualized emotion and personality, which means they are likely capable of forming relatively sophisticated relationships with other octopuses and indeed with humans. Now what sets the incredible Mimic Octopus apart from its intelligent peers is its extraordinary ability to, as its name suggests, mimic or impersonate the physical and behavioral characteristics of other sea creatures! Not only can the Mimic Octopus change skin pattern and color to suit its background, as other cephalopods can, the Mimic Octopus can assess multiple scenarios and shape shift to an amazing extent both as a means of tricking unsuspecting prey. And by fooling potential predators – "by discerning and impersonating the sea creature that will present the greatest threat to its current possible predator." What an animal! And surely a very strong contender for the title of the world’s smartest." ***The Music -- called "At Rest" -- was composed by Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?keywords=AT+REST&Search=Search (Scroll down page a bit.)