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Uploaded by on Dec 2, 2006

A biggish cuttlefish on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia sits atop a coral bommie. As I approach, the animal shifts its colours from mimicking the brown coral to the bright background and 'ghosts out', before casually departing.

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  • vanilla paste! vanilla paste! OK, Kyle, cuttlefish and asparagus

  • ACTIVE CAMOUFLAGE ENABLED COMMANDER

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  • I am sovereign and this station is mine!

  • We should train them to use conventional weaponry and send them to aid the Special Forces. The bad guys will NEVER see them coming.

    Soldier: "Sir, the terrorists are holed up in an underwater base, how can we infiltrate it?"

    General, with a SUPER SERIOUS face: "...Send in the cuttlefish."

  • ninja fish

  • ha ha I lol'd :)

  • I'm goin ghost!

  • good eating!

  • If you love cuttlefish, please help protect the world's largest know breeding aggregation of these amazing animals! Info and link on our channel page. :)

  • Great clip!

  • @TheWatzitooya No shit David Attenborough. You have a really keen sense of the obvious. Go get yourself a cookie.

  • @newcoyote Yeah, we could see exactly where it was. I doubt the other fish in the water could, though...

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