Painted squid shimmers neon light

These carnivorous creatures live in the calm waters of two oceans - the Indian and the Pacific, between Australia and New Guinea, as well as numerous islands of Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines. They lie in wait for their prey buried in the sand at a depth of three to eighty meters. The ability to instantly change the color of the painted cuttlefish successfully used during the hunt for their main food - fish and shellfish.

Color torso cuttlefish depends on the situation - Worried cuttlefish brown to black, with white and yellow spots on the edges of the mantle around the eyes and tentacles. Bright red ends of the tentacles opponents warn of the dangers of meat painted cuttlefish full of poisonous toxins. Studies have shown that the poison painted cuttlefish is no less dangerous than the blue-ringed octopus, one of the most poisonous animal in the world.

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