WATCH an octopus change colour while sleeping

Octopuses change colour when they sleep, and it might be because they are dreaming.

WATCH AN OCTOPUS CHANGE COLOUR WHILE SLEEPING

This AMAZING video shows an octopus changing color while sleeping.

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In the video, you can see the underwater creature with its eight legs wrapped around itself as if in a hug and its eye pupils narrowed to a slit. The octopus breathes evenly, its body a uniform whitish gray.

MOMENTS LATER IT BEGINS TO CHANGE COLOUR

Moments later, it begins to change colour – a mesmerizing shift between burnt orange and rust red. Its eyes, muscles, and sucker pads twitch as if it may be experiencing a particularly vivid dream.

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The findings, published in the journal iScience, show how sleep may have evolved similarly in very different creatures and suggest that octopuses may experience something akin to a dream.

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WATCH THE VIDEO HERE:

A sleeping octopus changing colors as she dreams.

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According to the study, the shifts in color, behavior, and movement are evidence of a sleep cycle – with the octopus switching between active and quiet sleep just as humans switch between deep sleep and REM sleep – named for the rapid eye movements we experience in this state.

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