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Cephalpods (cuttlefish, octopus & squid)

27 images Created 28 Feb 2010

Cephapods are some of the most amazing underwater animals. Highly intelligent and masters at camouflage, all squids and octopus have the ability to alter the pigment in their skin changing colors to suit their moods

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  • Cephalopods which include octopus, cuttlefish and squid all move by jet water locomotion,  Water in sucked in through the tube-like jet seen beneath the tentacles and then pushed out at great force causing propulsion.  Due to the positioning of the jet, cephalopods always travel backwards
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  • A small cuttlefish belonging to the family Sepia positions itself in a likely location from which it can view passing prey.  All cuttlefish have the ability to alter their colours by changing the pigment within their skin
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  • Two cuttlefish in Indonesia entangle tentacles as they exchange sperm and egg packets to propagate the species
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  • Two cuttlefish in Indonesia exchange sperm and egg packets to propagate the species
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  • Common Reef Octopus (Octopus cyanea) - Milne Bay, PNG
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  • Eggs safely laid in the rocks, the cuttlefish backs away from the egg mass in a flurry of sand and silt
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  • Common Reef Octopus (Octopus cyanea) - Milne Bay, PNG
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  • A cuttlefish peers toward the photographer from the safety of a coral garden.  Cuttlefish, like all Cephalopods are curious creatures
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  • A cuttlefish peers toward the photographer from the safety of a coral garden.  Cuttlefish, like all Cephalopods are curious creatures
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  • Reef Cuttlefish (Sepia latimanus) - Milne Bay, PNG
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  • Octopus - Indonesia
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  • Octopus - Indonesia
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  • Octopus - Indonesia
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  • Octopus - Indonesia
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  • Octopus - Indonesia
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  • Common Reef Octopus (Octopus cyanea) - Milne Bay, PNG
    2234 19 mar 2007.JPG
  • Common Reef Octopus (Octopus cyanea) - Milne Bay, PNG
    2235 19 mar 2007.JPG
  • Common Reef Octopus (Octopus cyanea) - Milne Bay, PNG
    2237 19 mar 2007.JPG
  • Common Reef Octopus (Octopus cyanea) - Milne Bay, PNG
    2310 19 mar 2007.JPG
  • Common Reef Octopus (Octopus cyanea) - Indonesia
    2430 05 Nov 2010.JPG
  • Common Reef Octopus (Octopus cyanea) - Indonesia
    2431 05 Nov 2010.JPG
  • Common Reef Octopus (Octopus cyanea) - Indonesia
    2434 05 Nov 2010.JPG
  • Octopus - Indonesia
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  • Octopus - Indonesia
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