The red cuttle is not always red - this series of shots shows the one individual as it changes colour from dark red to lighter mauve. This is one of three cuttle species in Australia; the yellow lining around the eye is diagnostic of the species.Camera settings including strobe are identical for all three shots.
The red cuttle is not always red - this series of shots shows the one individual as it changes colour from dark red to lighter mauve. This is one of three cuttle species in Australia; the yellow lining around the eye is diagnostic of the species.
Attribution: Miguel Cabanellas (Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies).With a refined and tenacious tactic of predation, the European squid (Loligo vulgaris) has captured a bream (Sparus aurata) launching its tentacles and applying a lethal bite in the prey column. The image captures the moment when the squid seizes the prey with his arms. Highly Commended in the BMC Ecology Image Competition 2012:BMC Ecology 2013, 13:6 doi:10.1186/1472-6785-13-6www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6785/13/6
