Animal behaviour: strategic signalling by cephalopods.
Cuttlefish are masters of disguise, rapidly changing colour to blend with their backgrounds. A new study shows that they break camouflage to direct warning messages at certain predators, but only those likely to be dissuaded by visual signals.
Cuthill
Innes C
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Centre for Behavioural Biology, School of Biological Sciences, Woodland Road, Bristol BS8 1UG, UK. i.cuthill@bristol.ac.uk
D000819:Animal Communication; D000818:Animals; D004192:Discrimination, Psychological; D011235:Predatory Behavior; D049833:Sepia / Q000502:physiology*