cuttlefish
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Rare Videos Show Captive Squid Changing Colour to Hide in Plain Sight
A team of scientists in Japan captured video of squid camouflaging with their surroundings, much like octopuses and cuttlefish do. While squid in the wild are known to change colour, the scientists set up an experiment to confirm this camouflage ability in a laboratory.
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Cuttlefish Are Able to Wait for a Reward
Perhaps the most unsung members of the cephalopods, a group that counts octopuses, squid, and nautiluses among their ranks, the cuttlefishes is left with a lot to prove. Recently, a crew of six common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) did just that, focusing their sinusoidal pupils and collective 48 arms and 12 tentacles on the task of…
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Cuttlefish Hypnotise Their Prey Performing These Trippy Light Shows
Wow. This is amazing. I knew cuttlefish could change their hue to blend in with the sea floor and protect themselves from predators. But I didn’t know they could use that skill to create trippy light shows that put their prey into trance.
