2/19/2023 0 Comments Squid vs octopus![]() HANLON: Yes, they can change their pattern and coloration in about one-half of one second. LICHTMAN: And it happens really fast, right? So you - it really was - I think I yelled wow at the moment of. And as the video comes a little bit closer to the rock, suddenly, one-third of it turns into a bright white octopus that has been beautifully camouflaged, and suddenly goes out of the camouflage because the cameramen are so close and then it inks in the face and swims off. HANLON: Well, the scene is this: diving along a shallow coral reef in the Caribbean and there's a rock sitting out in a sand plain, all by itself, and it's just looks like a plain, boring rock. LICHTMAN: So the video you gave me, one of them, you call it your wow video, and so maybe you can tell us why you call it your wow video. Roger Hanlon is a senior scientist at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole. And actually, we have the scientist who collected most of the footage in this video here with us. LICHTMAN: Now that you're primed, it's about cephalopods, which are squid, octopus and cuttlefish, and it's about how they camouflage and go in and out of hiding. ![]() Now tell me what it is now that we're going to be. LICHTMAN: This is - well, like, this is a run, don't walk to your laptop or a desktop computer video because this really - your mind is going to be blown. This is a video that I don't actually think we could oversell if we tried. Flora Lichtman, our multimedia editor is here, and I know what you have in store because I've looked at this video and it's unbelievable.įLORA LICHTMAN: I know, Ira. IRA FLATOW, host: Time now for our Video Pick of the Week.
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