Perhaps the most diverse and interesting creature of the cephalopod class, the squid has finally shown us a feature never discovered before. You know that octopuses and cuttlefish can camouflage themselves when they feel threatened or need to hide.

Scientists had no solid evidence of the ability of chambers of cephalopods, such as octopus and squid, to camouflage themselves. Recent studies have proven that squids also have the ability to camouflage.

It was noticed that the squids took on a dark color on mossy floors.

Cuttlefish were added to creatures that avoid dangerous situations by changing the color of the ground they are in, with the research of scientists at Okinawa Science and Technology Graduate University. Until now, this property of squid was predictable, but not proven. The new research proves for the first time that squid can camouflage. To prove this, the researchers studied the behavior of squids in a tank. your squid, are light colored when in an empty part of the tank however, when they encounter algae and algae, their color darkens and almost the same color as the ground observed.

It was also observed that the color of the squid became lighter or darker due to algae or different depths of the water surface. Scientists who were amazed that this had not been discovered before, It is very difficult to do this research on squid because of their nature. say. Co-author of the study, Dr. Ryuta Nakajima “If the reaction of the squid with the ground is important to avoid potential predators; This suggests that increasing or decreasing squid populations is more related to coral reef health than we thought.” said. At the same time, the scientists conducting the study were able to record these images with the cameras they placed in the water tank.

Squids have been spotted changing color for the first time