Flamboyant Cuttlefish

[Gorbatsjov666]

they are trying to tell us something.

[gabrielvg90]

it looks like a pokemon!

[Caddl123]

Hi at this moment im looking an film about them..

They are VERY intelligent..

I wanna know what are they thinking when they are looking out of Aqariums or in wilderness if they see us "big animals"..

[LocustaVampa]

wow, so they change shape as well? Lovely animals.

[RocketRodder]

"I'm just a rock. Not a tasty morsel! Can't you see that? Leave me alone!"

.....

"Okay NOW I'm a rock. Leave me alone! D:"

[OceanWindows]

excellent flamboyant cuttlefish footage, thanks for posting

[tuberoako777]

What if you put this on top of the monalisa? Can it copy it in a flash?

[ARandomDaydreamer]

0:05

"don't bug me... i is just a common sea slug... nothing more... go away now"

[aguirreruru]

0:26 - 0:27 amazing... O_o

[Herimia]

looks dangerous

[BigKwell]

@Herimia Watched Nova last night. Turns out this particular cuttlefish is actually quite toxic - more poisonous than the blue-ringed octopus, which can kill a man within seconds!

[moznico]

@BigKwell saw that to! Funny how they made it seem to be this massive creature that was more dangers. Next clip was a tiny toxic cuttlefish...lol

[catieisaninjaa]

mind blown...simply no words can describe the level of amazingness in this video.

[tomsjj16]

now if we can harness this change and make it available in clothing that would be sweet

[Mawdkipz]

"Aw crap they can still see me"

[hopkidokid]

dude that is creepy how it just turned into sand color without waring like it look liked it turned into a rock! thats awesome

[clubseabreezedeals]

way cool  i miss scuba diving

[Feedyoursnake]

wait, the color's not the toxicity?

[lltmoon]

no i believe it's this coating in their skin that holds the toxin( correct me if im wrong)

[heavymental85]

Actually, it's highly venomous, so this is rather an example of warning coloration than mimicry.

[Pharanoax]

i shall call him SQUIDDLES

[meriprem]

hahahahh!!

[lltmoon]

HAHAHA!!! that so cute!!!! great name!

[ScarecrowK]

It was mimicking a poisonous sea slug. Very clever animals the squid/octopus/cuttlefish family are are. Especially when you consider their very short lifespans. Usually they only live a few years.

[sleepytime1123]

how is it flamboyant? i was expecting it to turn rainbow colored or some shit.

[stuartfarnham]

it's imitating some other fish is seems.

[chrunks101]

that is fuckn crazy complete camo at

0:28 sec looks just like that rock in the back. nice vid

[Metallica102938]

he'z like "check me out"

[dudeblues10]

Every time I visit You Tube it reminds me how badly this place needs moderators. As to this video, this animal is amazing.

[and1dodger]

there the size of a fingernail

[juliadeetruchsess]

No. Well, when they're babies maybe. This one was about 4 or 5 inches long (excluding tongue, lol).

[expatkerri]

who votes to change the spelling to "cuddlefish"

[pyramidheadthingy]

aye

[Benx64445]

This is such an amazing video! Thank you so much for sharing!

[GizmoBeam]

I want to hug it...

[Benx64445]

lol, I know right?!

[ScarecrowK]

The cuttlefish is not actually poisonous, but here it was pretending to be a sea slug which is quite poisonous. It is a rather impressive mimic no?

[eespino06]

wrong, the flamboyant cuttlefish is poisonous

[treaby4]

yeah, it has poisonous flesh

[wcwashington]

how do they do they are awesome

[paleblueinvancouver]

My hairstylist is more flamboyant than this cuttlefish :) Gorgeous wee thing!!

[FrozenKFire12]

bet you you were wearing yellow in the begging

:)

awesome camoflauge

[kickit246]

wat the hell poked out of it at 0:51?? Freaky ass fish lol

[the5chronicles]

actually, it's a cephalopod. XD

[GaldirEonai]

That'd be one of its tentacles. The cuttlefish (and most squids, but not the octopus) has eight short arms and two long tentacles. While a squid's tentacles typically trail it, visible at all times, cuttlefish keep theirs hidden most of the time when not actually catching prey with them.

[kickit246]

lol cool, thx for the reply. I still stand by my comment tho lol. One messed up.... Cephalopod.... lol

[mrlego611]

that was its tongue

[monkey298]

That was its Cuddler!

watch outt, he might just cuddle you to death with that thing lol

[robonightmare]

uuuhhhh...yeah about the WIKIPEDIA article on cuttlefish, I have but one comment:

[citation needed]

[sweetgal7866]

amazing!

[oanis77]

these little dudes are extremely poisonous

[cchj768]

haha you are a retard. Cutlefish aren't poisonous

[oanis77]

SInce YOU are very bright, read the article on these cuttlefish on WIKIPEDIA, if you know how to read. "You will discover that they are poisonous, idiot. Flamboyant Cuttlefish is a species of cuttlefish occurring in tropical Indo-Pacific waters off northern Australia, southern New Guinea, as well as numerous islands of the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia. Mark Norman of the Museum Victoria in Queensland, Australia, discovered that this unique species of cuttlefish is poisonous."

[cchj768]

Haha, only the muscles are poisonous idiot and they can't harm you. Just shut up.

[animecha]

Just admit your ass was wrong and save yourself from looking like a moron.

[cchj768]

No, fuck you and mind your own business.

[animecha]

Whatever, you want to ignore advice and look like a child go ahead.

[cchj768]

It is not advice. You are just being an asshole. Now shut up.

[Scythemantis]

The word "poisonous" means that something is toxic to eat (like blowfish) or to touch with a wound or mucus membrane (certain frogs). If something can inject you with toxins via bite or sting, it's "venomous" :)

[gakster888]

it is now one of my life goals to own one of these creatures. most magnificent creatures to ever dwell on earth.

[lovers4life101]

it looks like a pokemon

[Azeduori]

In other news, Flamboyant Cuttlefish are the only cuttlefish that can secrete poison and 'walk' on the seabed.

[Lordasia]

IIRC All cephalopods secrete poison but the flamboyant cuttlefish and the blue ring octopus are toxic to humans, and among the most toxic creatures on earth.

[ohanungsaya]

shame on you chameleons! lol. split sec camouflage. wicked cool.

[TolekBonanno]

Actually, cuttlefish are smarter than God.

[sirnoobalot1337]

Hey, I resent that, my God IS a cuttlefish!! Praise to C'thullu!

[pabilionmice]

I think God has a lot to do with the cuddlephises intelljence

[Michigan1985]

Don't lie, you don't think.

[sirnoobalot1337]

Gtfo my internet, jesusfag

[omoyemaya]

I am watching a show on WETA right now...pretty amazing creatures.Communication with color and light would be great!!

[mzh3000]

i saw a show on these theyr so cool take that comelean

[Dogson82]

this fish has superpowers!!

[nakedifshewantsto]

I want one.

[Minacious]

WHAT

THE

FUCK!?!

[aprilsmartin]

wow, so cool, i wish i could do that!! mavtec, grow a brain, invisible undetectable beings' imagination is not ever a legitimate answer to any animal's existence. You should have outgrown your fascination with magic when you were like 5 yrs old.

[Uiru]

You're just as bad as any person you mock for following religion, you asshole. Just because you believe something different doesn't make you any better or more intelligent than anyone else, the same way that their following a religion doesn't.

Seriously, grow the fuck up.

[fukeweup]

why does everyone feel the need to make arguments about religion and peoples belief systems on the net, its really unproductive and really fucking irritating, no one can prove there is a God either way, they only have their testimony...if you think he is imaginary, great. shut the fuck up about it. If you think he is real. great. shut the fuck up about it

[xSeancex]

the flamboyant cuttle fish is the size of your finger tip

[juliadeetruchsess]

When they're babies, yeah, but adults like the one in this video are about 4-5 inches long (or 10 inches long when it sticks its tongue out!).

[mavtec]

It's just hard for me to believe they "evolved". Looks like a very intelligent design to me!

[upforagoodtime]

I heard that the brighter the colours the cuttlefish have the more dangerous and poisonous they can be. I would not try to handle this one in a hurry lol

[jumpman4ever]

they cant swin even when alarmed their cuttle bone aka the gas sac that allows them to float is too small in body ratio so can can float for like a few sec to dogde various objects

[skink5150]

Awesome creatures . I am continually amazed at the diversity  .

[pookerella]

How cute are these animals?? I love the way the saunter around. They are poisonous, I just saw them on Nova. Often, colorful things, especially fish are poisonous ... sometimes, people, too ...

[KonoeHinomaru]

Yes it is poisonous. It is the first and probably only poisonous cuddle fish there is to this date.

[54spiritedwill54]

subhanallah ! Amazing

its cool how it changes Texture aswell as colour and shape

[drunkentiger29]

Was it walking and mimicking a crab?

[juliadeetruchsess]

It's walking and feeding (feeding at 0:51 where the tongue thing shoots out). They normally walk on the bottom like this and only swim when alarmed. I don't think crab mimicking is involved.

[zacksmack17]

ok i understand that these have a toxin similar to the blue ringed octopus, but can these attack/sting you?

[juliadeetruchsess]

No, I don't think so, I think they're just poisonous if you were to eat them.

[dianagproyecta07]

que interesante!!! sorpresa!

[echomedia]

I love when they change color/texture so rapidly!

[MuGeNTOM]

that is soo alien. Its amazing how it just knows how to change into a certain type of color(s) and do it at such a degree that it gives it texture, like gravel & sand.

[SpaceCarnivora]

These guys are super cool

[Irratzo]

I wonder if a good understanding of this skin or even an attempt at a replica would benefit the development of organic displays.

[fantasmico]

0:25

my favorite second when it changes colour its amazing the speed of canging color

[Paeleologos]

cool cuttlefish! Its poisonous too.

[derangedfate]

hehe.. thats cute.. i want 2 now!

[leeeevonn]

bloody octopus!!! heeh. saw one blue ring in thailand and thought it was starfish all along.

[juliadeetruchsess]

No, it's not an octopus, it's a flamboyant cuttlefish. But I'd love to see a blue-ringed octopus someday...

[leeeevonn]

heeh yeah sorry to confuse,it is a cf. i was just thinking about both their similarities and what an idiot i was. :P

[Fai27]

ARent those kind poisonous?

[Deddolo]

yes, it's the only kind of poisonous cuttlefish

[Rryma]

O_o

[wohscigam]

sweet

[jpetrucci05]

Awesome, I want a cuttle...if only I had the money for a chiller

[juliadeetruchsess]

Its native waters are about 82-84 degrees F.

[jpetrucci05]

Really?! I always thought cuttles were in cooler waters, this isnt the species bandesi is it?

[juliadeetruchsess]

I don't dive in water less than 82 (brrr!), so all the ones I've ev er seen (many reef and a few flamboyants) have definitely been tropical :-)

[DynamiteChild]

thats so cool!

it looked like it was lighting up in different colors and patterns.

gaahh

its so neat!

we have to do part of our biology project on a cephalapod (octopus, etc) and i am definetely picking this guy!

[mab999]

subhanallah ! Amazing

its cool how it changes Texture aswell as colour and shape

[owenkitty]

Dude awesome....I wonder what would happen if i put it on my face

[WaterfrontEnt]

oh you'd be ok, i would just try it.

[tehjamesnz]

Those are some awesome camouflage skills this little critter's evolved..

[Pwn3dN33b]

OH, that's underwater huh. It's so clear hehe.

[Pwn3dN33b]

NICE

[momfrost]

where can I get one of those?

[SlavaVB]

just smash up your lcd monitor, stick a web cam on the back of it and set the preview to full screen

[Skelymage]

they usually only live from 8 months to 2 years.

[outlawz07]

man i want one !!!

[SlavaVB]

can it play dvd's?

[tommyknight90]

How very funky! Does anyone know what these raising tenticle things are at the front of it?

[neojonsu]

It is a cuttle fish, but it might of be trying to use mimicry to resemble a poisonous nudibranch, this kind of mimicry is common, especially in mimic octopus.

[juliadeetruchsess]

It doesn't need to resemble a poisonous nudibranch, it's already poisonous - much more so than any nudibranch! The mimic octopus mimics the shape of other animals by deliberately changing its shape. The flamboyant cuttlefish doesn't change shape, only color and texture.

[neojonsu]

I don't disagree. However if there is no resemblance between the morphology of flamboyant cuttlefish and poisonous nudibranch, then it is just a coincidence. Many animal take advantage of bluff or disguise or a more dangerous one. Also there is a difference between venomous and poisonous, the blue ring octopus has a venomous bite, but I bet most of its tentacles are still delicious protein to many predator. Do you know is the flamboyant just poisonous? or venomous ?

[juliadeetruchsess]

According to Wikipedia, "The flesh of this cuttlefish is poisonous, containing a unique (previously undocumented) toxin." so I think it's poisonous but not venomous, like the Japanese blowfish.

[VegaCoyote]

Nah, nearly all cephalopods are venomous. I'm not sure about Nautilus, but there are species of squid, octopodes (linguistically correct plural! nobody ever uses it though:p) and cuttlefish that all use a neurotoxin in their bite to immobilize prey after grappling it.

The coloration similarities between venomous/poisonous/noxious anim

[VegaCoyote]

(damn, cut off in mid lecture-mode!)

als are examples of aposematic or warning coloration- you probably know that already, maybe not the specific vocab, but in any case: Defensive toxins are no use to an organism who is already dead. Startling coloration is a means of advertising toxicity to potential predators. Predators oft

[VegaCoyote]

often have a learned aversion to potential prey displaying aposematic coloration, and even naive predators seem to have an instinctive aversion to it. Many will generalize that experience/instinct to include anything displaying bright, high-contrast coloration.

When warning coloration is used by a non-toxic organism, (often directly mimicking an actual toxic/noxious organism, but not always) that is known as Batesian mimicry. It's not an uncommon tactic, and is used by

[VegaCoyote]

a diverse array of organisms including butterflies, king snakes, and Goth kids.

Since both the cuttlefish and the nudibranch are in some way noxious (and in the Flamboyant's case, I'm almost certain venomous as well,) I'm not sure that can be called Batesian mimicry in either case. Convergent evolution, certainly; and you could also say that they're mimicking each other, in a way.

Now, the Wonderpus, that one's a toughy. They're

[SlavaVB]

Flexible LCD!!!

[pseudoswamy]

Very interesting. Thanks for sharing.

[juliadeetruchsess]

Thanks! I'm working on a new one right now, even better :-)

[BloodPharaoh]

That's not a cuttle fish buddy it's a species of sea snail

[juliadeetruchsess]

Sorry, you're wrong. It's a flamboyant cuttlefish, metasepia pfefferi. Look it up - wikipedia is a goo dplace to start.

[BloodPharaoh]

Oh sorry your right I saw it again, it starts to change color on 00:05 but what is that thing that comes out from under it?

[juliadeetruchsess]

It's basically a retractable tongue, like a chameleon's. It picks up little shrimps & stuff with it and brings them back to its mouth.

[6XstringXsamurai]

why the hell am i on you tube watching videos of angry fish?

that is really cool though!

[branflakesz]

looks like something out of sci fi...

[danisftw]

that is one flamboyant cuttlefish!

[ragexgod]

Nice capture. Thanks for sharing : )

[juliadeetruchsess]

Thanks! I have tons more flamboyant footage - just need to find time to edit it...

[wespolly]

What was that tentacle thing at 0:51? It's beak?D_D

[juliadeetruchsess]

It's more like a tongue I think. Sticky like a chameleon's, it picks up little shrimps & stuff and brings them back to its mouth.

[cuttlefisch]

Nature's so amazing...that's my brother, by the way...

[deejaygambit]

that is *so* cool... the color changes are amazing. i hear these creatures are also incredibly intelligent.

[roryos]

OMG thats awesome it's mouth is like glowing :D

[johndehaura]

I think they'd prefer the ocean and sea as their home to be quite honest with you!

[AikaGranzchesta]

But this one lives in a strait. Do you even know what a strait is?

[AikaGranzchesta]

Oopsies! Sorry! You were replying to these people talking about keeping them as pets.

[cograilfan]

it is, the hard part is getting one live

[genius11235]

hey does any body know if keeping cuttle fish is legal or not?

[imransmom]

yes, keeping this kind of cuttlefish is, its very toxic, but u can keep the smaller regular kinds, they need a very big tank because they will find their way out of a small one.

[OceanObsession886]

cool! i think it's trying to be a crab.

[thoughtstrings]

...fail

[neoneoneo2034]

i guess it has more than one heart

[c3lic1]

the skin of it holds the poison

[pixelkatt]

I saw that Nova show the other night, too- I just got back from Utila but now I'm dying to go back to the South Pacific/Coral Sea area. They just have cooler stuff there. Great clip.

[darkdragon972]

i saw dat on nova it said that flamboyant cuttle fish have deadly poison that can kill

like ablue octopus or something

it turns yellow to let predators kno they poisonous

[Skytroop]

Its the only known cuttlefish to posess this trait. The display is almost a threat type in distinction from one of camouflage.

[juliadeetruchsess]

Well they're pretty darned good at camouflage, too! (like all cuttlefish)

[juliadeetruchsess]

I've never heard of any cuttlefish being poisonous. Some octopi and scorpionfish, yes, but not cuttlefish.

[Skytroop]

It had been conjectured that this one was poisonous and toxicology tests on tissues from a specimen has proven it.

[CalabusDabus]

the flamboyant cuttlefish is poisonous it uses the same poison as puffer fish cone snails and blue ringed octopus' the poison is call tetradoxin and with enough can kill in seconds

[steinman17]

they have these at the georgia aquarium

[InvaderVex]

Cuttlefish rock so hard

[kurtu5]

It looks like its trying to mimick a crab.

[Cman95]

omg imagin what u could do with that kind of comaflage ability!!! i would be an octopus.

[vassdoki]

cool

[Shramir]

thats amazing he just flashes instantly into sand color... hes got his own built in bump map

id play movies on myself if i could do that

[AshThePhantom]

That is so cool! I'd do anything to see a real cuddlefish in real life!