Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Tiny Cuttlefish



“These bite-size cuttle fish born at a British aquarium have a big appetite – and can already eat prey twice their size. The school of 14 molluscs each measure just 1cm long and were hatched at Blue reef Aquarium in Newquay, Cornwall. But the tiny predators can already slay shrimp more than twice their size using their eight arms and a pair of feeding tentacles. The aquarium’s David Waines said the cuttlefish can also camouflage themselves to be able to ambush their prey. He said: ”We’ve already got more than a dozen babies and more are on their way. Although they’re each only a centimeter long you can already see them changing colors.”


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