Classification
- Kingdom : Animailia
- Phylum : Mollusca
- Class : Cephalopoda
- Superorder : Decapodiformes
- Order : Sepiida
- Family: Sepiidae
It's an animal with eight sucker-covered arms growing out of its head, three hearts pumping its blue-green hemocyanin blood, and a doughnut-shaped brain. It has the ability to change its color and shape to blend in with seaweed and rocks, and it has a knack for switching on electrifying light shows that dazzle its prey. Perhaps most surprising of all, this animal is quite intelligent, with a highly complex brain.
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Sources
NOVA: Anatomy of a cuttlefish [Internet]. c2007. St. Paul (MN): PBS: [cited 2013 April 29]. Available from
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/camo/anat-nf.html
http://www.fastcoexist.com/1680557/cuttlefish-clothing-could-create-cutting-edge-camouflage