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[-] imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 128 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

If squids can turn transparent, why do they bother with all the colors and camouflage? Maybe it's just because they like to show off

[-] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 120 points 10 months ago

Transparent can still be more visible than good camouflage. Just look at how well they can imitate rocks and similar debris: https://youtu.be/q8xJ13pAZNw

[-] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 63 points 10 months ago

Maybe transparent is maximum effort? (I have no idea, I'm just guessing.)

[-] imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 105 points 10 months ago
[-] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 43 points 10 months ago

😆

With absolute sincerity my username is totally random. I wanted to pick something with zero connotations/implications (as far as I know) and that I'd not used previously.

[-] BalooWasWahoo@links.hackliberty.org 16 points 10 months ago

zero connotations/implications

I know that octopus ink makes a decent base for pasta sauce, and gets your teeth quite colorful. I think you're implying you want to be squeezed with some butter and get all over someone's tongue and molars... You're so dirty.

[-] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 5 points 10 months ago

Wow, escalation.

[-] Damage@feddit.it 4 points 10 months ago

What? It's a very offensive racial slur!

[-] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 5 points 10 months ago

LOL! (I assume)

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 32 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)
[-] imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago
[-] moody@lemmings.world 13 points 10 months ago

They typically can't. Scientists genetically engineered some squids to have transparent skin, and since their innards and blood are basically already transparent, this is the result.

I don't know if these genetically modified squids can still change colors though.

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