Secrets of the Flamboyant Cuttlefish's Display

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Flamboyant Cuttlefish. Photo: James Kilfiger, via Wikimedia Commons. Distributed under a CC-BY-SA-3.0 license.The flamboyant cuttlefish lives up to its name with its complex passing cloud display, in which bands of color travel across its body. New research characterizes details of this display and suggests how the cuttlefish might accomplish it.Read about it in my latest Zoologic post, Secrets of the Flamboyant Cuttlefish's Display.

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