The chromatophores can be opened quickly because they are controlled neurally: squid, cuttlefish and octopuses can change colors within milliseconds (Hanlon, 2007). Camouflage using chromatophores ...
The findings are the first to quantify how much work goes into switching on chromatophores, the specialized color-changing ...
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The Amazing Camouflage of The Octopus Comes at a Heavy CostOctopuses are masters of camouflage and disguise. An alarmed octopus can vanish even while you watch, flawlessly transforming ...
“Due to the involvement of the nervous and muscular systems, it is likely that cephalopod color change is one of the most ...
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Octopuses burn more calories changing color than you use on a 25-minute runFor the first time ever, marine biologists have measured how much energy octopuses really need to change color — and it's a ...
Plus, assessing the energy use of a single piece of skin doesn’t measure for the cognitive effort that cephalopods are likely using to coordinate their full-body camouflage. In future work ...
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