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microrobert
02-17-2012, 01:57 PM
Cuttlefish Use Human-Like Vision to Choose Camouflage

Cuttlefish can pick the perfect camouflage without seeing the whole picture much like people can understand simple sketches.


http://news.discovery.com/animals/2012/02/15/cuttlefish-278.jpg


Here's a tongue-twister for you: Crafty cuttlefish can complete contours to carefully choose camouflage.

What this means, without all the alliteration, is that the visual systems (http://www.livescience.com/1366-night-vision-helps-camouflage-briny-deep.html) of these squid-like creatures are more sophisticated than previously realized.

In fact, cuttlefish can pick the perfect camouflage even without seeing the entirety of what they intend to blend in with, much as humans can translate simple line drawings into meaningful information.

Cuttlefish Use Human-Like Vision to Choose Camouflage : Discovery News (http://news.discovery.com/animals/cuttlefish-camouflage-vision-120215.html)