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Colorblind Camouflage [Roger Hanlon]

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Is There a Light Sensing Capabilities in the Skin of Cuttlefish?

i was trying to understand color blind camouflage when i read there might be some light sensing capabilities imbedded in the skin of sephalopods. So they mimic a starry night as seen from a hundred feet below the water. They blend in with that background so that they look more like the starlight or whatever it is. And therefore you don't see a dark shadow in the shape of a squid. Yum yum by the predator.

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