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Cuttlefish are not fish, they are cephalopods. Go on try to say it: se-fe-le-pods and members of the mollusk family. Do you know any other cephalopods? Squid, octopus and the prehistoric chambered nautilus are all in the same family as cuttlefish, kind of like cousins. Squid, octopus and cuttlefish have no external shells for protection like other molluscs. They are giant blobs of protein and everything wants to eat them! Want to see more cephalopods?

All day long they play hide and seek on the reef, changing the color of their skin thousands of times in just one day. They use camouflage to disguise themselves from other animals on the reef. Cuttlefish can also change the texture of their skin. Can you find a broadclub cuttlefish hiding in an octocoral garden? Scientists believe cuttlefish also use chemicals to communicate with one another. Octopus and squid are found throughout the world, but cuttlefish are only found in the South Pacific.

Cuttlefish have an internal shell called a cuttlebone. If you have seen birds in a cage pecking on a white surfboard looking item, that is the bone from a cuttlefish! Cuttlefish have eight arms and two tentacles they use for hunting! They eat other molluscs, crabs, shrimp and fish! What do you eat?

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