Humboldt squid, like many other squid, have the ability to change colour. Special skin cells called chromatophores contain pigment, and the surrounding muscle and nerve cells control the diameter of the pigment sac, making the squid's skin change colour. The Humboldt squid flashes purpley-red to white when it is feeding and when it is dying.
not saying this one is a squid but i found this text on a rainforest education video of a humboldt squid dying. so cool that they can actually do that!
HOW DO YOU KNOW IT'S A HE?
OceansLost 2 months ago
CLOAK... ENGAGED.
Gooshkinheimer 9 months ago
Way to go dacken, you really fucked this one up. Learn some damn biology before you go guessing at the names of animals.
IISH3LLSHOCKII 10 months ago
That's not a squid its a cut- oh wait MUM???
dropCplease 1 year ago
woah
matthewalcen 1 year ago
Hey moron thats a cuttlefish!!
firecrap77 1 year ago
cuttlefish u mean
PaigexGrimmjow 1 year ago
That's a cuttlefish
speysidezero 2 years ago
That's a cuttlefish
lordraven 2 years ago
That's a cuttlefish
theclash06013 2 years ago
That's a cuttlefish, not a squid...D:
mindalchemist 2 years ago 2
aww geez as far as ik, squid cant change color like that
this is obviously a cuttlefish
robot534 2 years ago
Humboldt squid, like many other squid, have the ability to change colour. Special skin cells called chromatophores contain pigment, and the surrounding muscle and nerve cells control the diameter of the pigment sac, making the squid's skin change colour. The Humboldt squid flashes purpley-red to white when it is feeding and when it is dying.
not saying this one is a squid but i found this text on a rainforest education video of a humboldt squid dying. so cool that they can actually do that!
bryceklum 2 years ago
Cuttlefish communicate with their skin. I think this one's telling us to f*** off!
happyoyster69 2 years ago 2
cool
rocio89 3 years ago
nice!
indemnis4 4 years ago
Yeah, that is cuttlefish, not a squid.
Look at the eyes: cuttlefishes have eyes like a W; squids have eyes like O (like our own eyes); octopus have eyes like a - (straight line)
SottileGioia 4 years ago 14
lol, I was going to say that.
hellomate639 3 years ago
@SottileGioia "They belong to the class Cephalopoda (which also includes squid, octopuses, and nautiluses)" Technically they are squids...
Source: Wikip.
BrussefAmelions 7 months ago
That's not a squid, that's a Cuttlefish
shudson 4 years ago 9