Blogs about: Chromatophores
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The week in cephalopod videos
Just a quick post today of the internet’s newest invertebrate video stars. First, these adorable coconut octopuses (Amphioctopus marginatus) from the Lembeh Strait: Next, some squid jigging and… more →
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Pigmentation, Chromatophores, and Thermochromism
wrote 3 months ago: Pigmentation of Amphibians There are approximately 6,400 species of amphibians (Crump 2009), and the … more →
Acetabulum
wrote 3 months ago: When he injected the dead octopus with the charge, its skin was shattered into a pinwheel of coalesc … more →
Chromatophores
wrote 8 months ago: ok, it’s not really a fish but it is slimy ! thanks to a whole bunch of groovy chromatophores … more →
Beatboxing Cockroach Legs, and Squid Fin Cells Dance to Cypress Hill
wrote 8 months ago: This article has moved. To read it please click here. Or visit: http://wondergressive.com/2 … more →
Insane in the Chromatophores - Backyard Brains
wrote 8 months ago: Bored with the bog-standard visualiser included with iTunes the guys at Backyard Brains came up with … more →
Insane in the Chromatophores
wrote 9 months ago: Close examinations of the colour-changing skin of a Cephalopod, reacting to ‘Insane In The Membrane’ … more →
Electrifying Squid Skin.
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wrote 9 months ago: Cephalopods (squid, octopus, cuttlefish) can change the color of their skin by contracting/relaxing … more →
Secret to Squid's Iridescent Rainbow Skin Discovered | LiveScience
wrote 9 months ago: For squid looking to sparkle, extra bling is only seconds away, thanks to a nerve network in … more →
Octopus Monday: Pulsing musical chromatophores
wrote 10 months ago: Not strictly an octopus BUT it is a cephalopod so at least we’re in the right ballpark when it … more →
I brought a Cuttlefish to the Party!
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wrote 1 year ago: So I kinda used my friend’s birthday as an excuse to combine two of my favourite things: bakin … more →
Night Colors
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wrote 1 year ago: Did you know that fishes exhibit different colors at night? The color pigment cells (chromatophores … more →
Sepia
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wrote 2 years ago: Common cuttlefish - Sepia officinalis (photo by David Nicholson) When I was a child, my family went … more →
The week in cephalopod videos
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wrote 2 years ago: Just a quick post today of the internet’s newest invertebrate video stars. First, these adorab … more →
I'll take two baby octopodes and a Sharktopus, please.
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wrote 2 years ago: As I promised in the title, here are some baby octopodes (Octopus rubescens, the east Pacific red oc … more →
Cuttlefish Body Patterning
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wrote 2 years ago: Everybody likes cuttlefish, it seems. They’re neat-looking, sociable, and display lots of ente … more →
Cuttlefish Chromatophores
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wrote 2 years ago: I’d like to take a minute to talk about chromatophores. These are the pigment organs tha … more →
Squid Anatomy 101
wrote 3 years ago: Part of the squid’s nervous and circulatory systems, the millions of chromatophores in the bea … more →
Video of the day: The chameleon & the sunglasses
wrote 4 years ago: March 25, 2009 Pretty cool video demonstrating a chameleon’s color changes. May want to mute i … more →
How Mimic Octopus Takes Form Of Venomous Sea Creatures
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