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The Hawaiian bobtail squid is a master of camouflage, even using luminous bacteria as part of its nighttime disguise.

For more cool squid science, visit the Glowing Squid page on Science Nation: http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/science_nation/glowingsquid.jsp

For more Science Nation episodes, visit: http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/science_nation/

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  • Very cool, shame the first application we can think of is military again.

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  • It COULD be military, and it COULD be medical... but really they just thought it was cool

  • cute lil animals

    and i can see these vibrio fischeri bacteria can be incorporated into military use somehow

  • @skepticoz "uhh they're like the size of your p..."

    For a moment, I thought you were going to say something else. That would be more than a mouthful. LOL

  • @skepticoz uhh they're like the size of your pinkie.

  • Very beautiful yes... and delicious.

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