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Jeffx · 02-11-2003, 02:01 AM

If true-to-life realism is essential then how about a cuttlefish? These creatures are the damndest thing you ever saw. They have astonishing dynamic camoflage and can exhibit pulsating strobing patterns on their skin that I would have sworn could never occur in nature. I believe these strobing patterns are used to "hypnotize" prey. I think there is footage of this fish in the Discovery Channel's Blue Planet: Seas of Life series (now out on DVD.) In Marine Aquarium, it would offer the treat of being a fish that you would really have to look for when it was stationary. It would be nearly invisible until it started to move or strobe. In short, an easter egg hiding in plain sight!

02-11-2003, 02:01 AM	#18
Jeffx Registered Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Saint Paul, MN Posts: 2	Octopods and Cuttlefish If true-to-life realism is essential then how about a cuttlefish? These creatures are the damndest thing you ever saw. They have astonishing dynamic camoflage and can exhibit pulsating strobing patterns on their skin that I would have sworn could never occur in nature. I believe these strobing patterns are used to "hypnotize" prey. I think there is footage of this fish in the Discovery Channel's Blue Planet: Seas of Life series (now out on DVD.) In Marine Aquarium, it would offer the treat of being a fish that you would really have to look for when it was stationary. It would be nearly invisible until it started to move or strobe. In short, an easter egg hiding in plain sight!