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Cephalopod dynamic camouflage

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Hanlon, Roger·2007·Current Biology
DOI 10.1016/j.cub.2007.03.034
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Everyone knows what camouflage is and how it works. And many people (some scientists included) think chameleons are the masters of color change. Wrong on both counts. In this primer, I provide an overview of recent work on the mechanisms and principles of rapid adaptive camouflage of cephalopods — octopus, cuttlefish and squids. These strange but capable marine invertebrates can camouflage themselves against almost any background, a feat well appreciated by Aristotle, and one never mastered by any land animal.

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Authors
Hanlon, R.
Venue
Current Biology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2007-06
Volume
17
Issue
11
Pages
R400-R404
ISSN
0960-9822 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.cub.2007.03.034
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W2080552227
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431
References
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Type
journal article
Language
en
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