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Strange facts about cuttlefish most people don’t know

Cuttlefish look like something from another planet with their weird W-shaped pupils and tentacles, but the truly bizarre ...
The New York Times

What’s Really Happening When a Cuttlefish Seems to Vanish

Their camouflage seems almost magical, but scientists have observed some tricks the cephalopods use to blend in with their surroundings. By Veronique Greenwood Put a cuttlefish on the spot — or, to be ...
ScienceAlert on MSN

Cuttlefish literally twist light to attract a mate, study finds

Every critter on this planet that relies on a sexual means of reproduction has its own way of luring in a mate – but ...
Ars Technica

Study: Cuttlefish adapt camouflage displays when hunting prey

Crafty cuttlefish employ several different camouflaging displays while hunting their prey, according to a new paper published in the journal Ecology, including mimicking benign ocean objects like a ...
The New York Times

What a Crab Sees Before It Gets Eaten by a Cuttlefish

Cuttlefish use visual tricks to avoid being eaten. New research shows how they deploy similar camouflage to bamboozle their prey. By Richard Kemeny In May 2023, Matteo Santon was filming cuttlefish in ...
The Atlantic

Do You Have More Self-Control Than a Cuttlefish?

Good things come to those who wait—especially for the cuttlefish hanging out with Alexandra Schnell, a comparative psychologist at the University of Cambridge in England. For the past decade, Schnell ...
Optics

Cuttlefish eye inspires improved vision for autonomous vehicles

Bioinspired optical structures can offer novel approaches to light processing along with new imaging capabilities, expanding the palette of tools available to optics designers. Insects and related ...