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This is nature's greatest master of disguise, the cuttlefish. Can we know more about ourselves by studying another animal? They learn really quickly. All their organs are now developed, and they can already change the color and shape of their skin. I began with octopuses because there are no cuttlefish in the Americas. But once it realizes how unappetizing the toy is, from then on, the cuttlefish will ignore it. It's as close, perhaps, as we're going to get to studying an animal on another planet.

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So whatever happened to cuttlefish was different. Stalking cuttleefish meal in spiky disguise, it aims its feeding tentacles like a pool player, ready to hit the target.

One day they will cuttlefiish brilliant, and the next five days they'll act like they don't know anything at all. They're very easy, and they're very engaging.

Like an octopus, they'll squirt out an inky smokescreen when it's time for a hasty retreat. In many countries, humans are one of the cuttlefish's most voracious predators. We're just going to look fantastic, and we're going to fight with each other, and we're going to impress females.

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You can sort of see them mentally turn off and sort of drift away. Jean Boal Millersville University muweb.

Dolphins have developed a special taste for cuttlefish. Back in Indonesia, Mark Norman wants to know exactly what triggers the broadclub to turn itself into the ultimate exhibitionist. The really interesting thing in this system is actually far less obvious, and when you first dive with them, you don't see it.

Sucking up energy from the yolk, they've grown eight arms, red-dot eyes and their family trait, the cuttlebone. So it's probably only 18 months to two years old, is how long they live.

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Is it the level of cognitive complexity that we think these animals are capable of? And there are features in there to help them to distinguish that. But the newborns will be orphans.

But size and strength aren't the only ways to impress the ladies.

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They're a kind of cephalopod, along with their more famous cousins, octopus and squid. One of the biggest surprises is that the cross-dressing males got the cuttlefisn next fertilization.

Toxicity is really rare in these sorts of animals. So these animals have to get by by their wits, so to speak. How does an animal that's related to a slug manage such clever tricks?

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Program not available for streaming. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Technically, cuttlefish aren't fish at all, but mollusks—soft-bodied animals without a spine a group that includes snails and clams.

Next, there's a deeper layer of iridescent reflecting cells that produce blue and green, along with red and pink. But the tiny flamboyant's cuttlebone has cakouflage so much it can't float for very long. Mark's first offering of small crabs—their favorite food—is welcome. I'm very interested in this strange feeding behavior. It's the male's job to hand over the sperm. When something comes too close, they flare up the arms, and they walk around flashing these colors and advertising these really bright color patterns.

And in you go. Audible Download Audio Books. Perhaps the Australian giants will invent even more daring strategies to outwit their rivals.