A camouflaging cuttlefish (VIDEO)

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University

Caption

The common cuttlefish camouflages against a natural background. The animal often overshoots, pauses, and corrects. As the cuttlefish camouflages, high resolution cameras capture the real-time expansion and contraction of tens to hundreds of thousands of chromatophores.

Credit

Theodosia Woo, MPI Brain Research

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