Talk:Maneater/@comment-8603127-20130516152449/@comment-24312623-20131220042008

Also, Mimics in Dark Souls can be spotted before even attempting to open the chest. 1: they breathe, it's audible and if you watch the chest, it moves. 2: they're slightly different colored from the regular ones, a little hard to see sometimes though. 3: the chain on the right side of the chest is oriented differently.

If you're still not sure, hit the chest as hard as you can. That solves the problem.

So far I've not seen any method of spotting a Maneater in this game.