{"id":504,"date":"2004-10-24T09:17:23","date_gmt":"2004-10-24T09:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lewisdartnell.com\/en-gb\/?p=504"},"modified":"2004-10-24T09:17:23","modified_gmt":"2004-10-24T09:17:23","slug":"the-cuttlefish-makes-a-killing-with-colour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lewisdartnell.com\/en-gb\/2004\/10\/the-cuttlefish-makes-a-killing-with-colour\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cuttlefish makes a killing with colour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lewis.dsruptiv.net\/en-gb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/cuttlefish.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-232\" alt=\"cuttlefish\" src=\"http:\/\/lewis.dsruptiv.net\/en-gb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/cuttlefish.jpg\" width=\"36\" height=\"117\" \/><\/a>Cuttlefish have an extraordinary, and almost instantaneous, control over their appearance. They can produce hundreds of distinct patterns, which they use for camouflaging, courting mates or startling predators. One dynamic pattern, where thick black and white bands flow rapidly over the skin of the cuttlefish as it near its prey, is somewhat of a mystery. Why, just as the cuttlefish approaches an unsuspecting target, should it switch from camouflage to a highly conspicuous display?<\/p>\n<p>Download <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lewisdartnell.com\/Lewis_Dartnell-Cuttlefish.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"StumbleUpon\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"Lewis_Dartnell\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"The%20Cuttlefish%20makes%20a%20killing%20with%20colour\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cuttlefish have an extraordinary, and almost instantaneous, control over their appearance. 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