I seem to remember a bit in the anime Konosuba where the heroes see a treasure chest at the end of the hall, and being familiar with dungeon crawlers and the like the main character Kazuma suspects the treasure chest is a mimic and so hits it from far away.
It turned out the entire end of the hall was the mimic, and the "treasure chest" merely the bait (like the alligator snapping turtle having a growth in the mouth to resemble a nice juicy worm so that when a hungry fish comes close... SNAP!).
I seem to remember a bit in the anime Konosuba where the heroes see a treasure chest at the end of the hall, and being familiar with dungeon crawlers and the like the main character Kazuma suspects the treasure chest is a mimic and so hits it from far away.
It turned out the entire end of the hall was the mimic, and the "treasure chest" merely the bait (like the alligator snapping turtle having a growth in the mouth to resemble a nice juicy worm so that when a hungry fish comes close... SNAP!).