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Cuttlefish: Masters of Disguise with Stunning Camouflage Skills

2/21/2025

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New video footage unveils the astonishing camouflage skills of cuttlefish, demonstrating their ability to generate dynamic stripes and imitate harmless objects like leaves and coral. Matteo Santon from the University of Bristol hails them as "masters" of disguise, capable of transforming color and texture in less than a second, thanks to millions of pigment sacs.

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New video footage unveils the astonishing camouflage skills of cuttlefish, demonstrating their ability to generate dynamic stripes and imitate harmless objects like leaves and coral. Matteo Santon from the University of Bristol hails them as "masters" of disguise, capable of transforming color and texture in less than a second, thanks to millions of pigment sacs.