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carettacaretta — flamboyant cuttlefish

Published: 2007-06-24 15:42:58 +0000 UTC; Views: 1154; Favourites: 26; Downloads: 16
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Description it's very rare to see
about 5 cm and very colourful
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Comments: 24

rufus-rag-and-bone [2009-06-07 14:44:26 +0000 UTC]

They look like little hippos to me

they way they move is awesome

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alexmiya1 [2009-01-17 01:14:31 +0000 UTC]

I just adore flamboyant Cuttlefish~! Too cute, very pretty.

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bear48 [2008-07-15 22:55:09 +0000 UTC]

sweet looking for a mean critter

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amyhooton [2007-11-30 14:11:16 +0000 UTC]

Hello! I've featured this beautiful photo in my latest journal [link]

Have a great holiday!

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carettacaretta In reply to amyhooton [2007-12-24 19:04:32 +0000 UTC]

thanks alot

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tigerbetta [2007-11-09 03:16:00 +0000 UTC]

yeah they are. among all of the squid and octi, they and the blue-ring octopus and striped pyjama squid are poisonous.

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carettacaretta In reply to tigerbetta [2007-12-24 18:58:04 +0000 UTC]

thanks for information
I searched Striped pyjama squid from internet ant it's really incredible creatue

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StarSlug [2007-11-02 17:32:31 +0000 UTC]

Aren't they the only poisonous cuttlefish? I'm sure I heard that somewhere... Usually, poisonous things are pretty and colourful.

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carettacaretta In reply to StarSlug [2007-12-24 18:56:32 +0000 UTC]

yes it's poisonous:
"A toxicology report has found and confirmed that the muscle tissue of Flamboyant Cuttlefish is highly toxic, making it only the third cephalopod found to be toxic. Research by Mark Norman with the Museum Victoria in Queensland, Australia has shown the toxin to be as lethal as that of fellow cephalopod, the Blue-ringed octopus" (from wikipedia)

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Samedibat In reply to carettacaretta [2010-05-26 15:27:16 +0000 UTC]

ummm there are about 10 species of blue ringed occi and the pyjama striped squid...... that are all poisonous. Wikkipedia is great but often, and in this case, wrong. That's not to take anything at all away from this beautiful picture of an extremely rare and wonderous creature!!! PHAB pic Awestruck

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Theoneyedkitten [2007-09-15 03:29:27 +0000 UTC]

damn that thing is tiny, and very colorful.

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carettacaretta In reply to Theoneyedkitten [2007-09-16 23:07:16 +0000 UTC]

it's really a miracle

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JacquiJax [2007-07-29 21:15:10 +0000 UTC]

really weird things u can find down there!! looks similar to an octopus

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carettacaretta In reply to JacquiJax [2007-07-29 23:43:39 +0000 UTC]

octopus and cuttle fishes are from the same family 'cephalopods' means 'footed head'.
and underwater everything is really very different

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JacquiJax In reply to carettacaretta [2007-07-29 23:49:37 +0000 UTC]

haha nice im learning

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carettacaretta In reply to JacquiJax [2007-07-30 00:00:59 +0000 UTC]

infact I do not know too much about them. Just usually after taking photos I read about what I shoot

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JacquiJax In reply to carettacaretta [2007-07-30 05:08:07 +0000 UTC]

haha i do the same and i post the facts (just the ones i found more interesting) on the description

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carettacaretta In reply to JacquiJax [2007-12-24 18:49:34 +0000 UTC]

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Ghostpipe [2007-07-20 21:12:59 +0000 UTC]

I love flamboyants! They're so cute! That's so cool you were able to get a picture of one. I love watching them parade around the sea floor.

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carettacaretta In reply to Ghostpipe [2007-07-21 21:35:43 +0000 UTC]

it's very rare to see them infact.
Wat a chance that one was living just under the jetty of Kapalai and we saw them in every dive

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Ghostpipe In reply to carettacaretta [2007-07-21 23:38:02 +0000 UTC]

Wow! That's so cool. I really love the little guys.

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carettacaretta In reply to Ghostpipe [2007-12-24 18:48:33 +0000 UTC]

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amyhooton [2007-06-25 12:51:47 +0000 UTC]

WOW!

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carettacaretta In reply to amyhooton [2007-07-04 22:11:20 +0000 UTC]

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