Photo: Cuttlefish Change Color, Shape-Shift to Elude Predators

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A giant cuttlefish (Sepia apama), photographed off the south Australian coast, retires to the ocean floor at night, employing complex camouflage strategies to blend in with the sand and hide from predators. Researchers are now studying how other marine creatures perceive the cuttlefish's colors.



Photograph by Roger Hanlon

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