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We Already Knew That Cephalopods Were Intelligent, but Not to This Extent: A Cuttlefish Has Passed a Test Designed for Children

A new study has revealed that common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) are capable of delayed gratification, a trait previously ...
PBS

Cuttlefish Are the Ocean’s Freakiest Little Weirdos

Every winter, off the coast of South Australia, thousands of giant cuttlefish gather for the showdown of a lifetime. In an effort to win a mate, these shape-shifting sea creatures display some of the ...
The New York Times

What a Crab Sees Before It Gets Eaten by a Cuttlefish

Cuttlefish use visual tricks to avoid being eaten. New research shows how they deploy similar camouflage to bamboozle their prey. By Richard Kemeny In May 2023, Matteo Santon was filming cuttlefish in ...
Gizmodo

Cuttlefish Seem to ‘Wave’ at Each Other, but What They’re Saying Is a Mystery

A cute observation in the cephalopods' behavior indicates they also react to sound waves, a notion that will soon be tested with a machine learning approach. Reading time 3 minutes Researchers just ...
The Atlantic

Do You Have More Self-Control Than a Cuttlefish?

Good things come to those who wait—especially for the cuttlefish hanging out with Alexandra Schnell, a comparative psychologist at the University of Cambridge in England. For the past decade, Schnell ...