Cuttlefish Inking (VIDEO)

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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A cuttlefish responds to a sound source by inking and jetting, indicating it experienced the sound as an extreme threat. Responses to different sounds elicited a different behaviors, including twitching to mild color change.

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Video courtesy of Aran Mooney, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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