Maybe transparent is maximum effort? (I have no idea, I’m just guessing.)
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imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
If squids can turn transparent, why do they bother with all the colors and camouflage? Maybe it’s just because they want to show off
octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
😆
With absolute sincerity my username is totally random. I wanted to pick something with zero connotations/implications (as far as I know) and that I’d not used previously.
Damage@feddit.it 4 months ago
What? It’s a very offensive racial slur!
fossilesque@mander.xyz 4 months ago
imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Lol! Nice one
moody@lemmings.world 4 months ago
They typically can’t. Scientists genetically engineered some squids to have transparent skin, and since their innards and blood are basically already transparent, this is the result.
I don’t know if these genetically modified squids can still change colors though.
MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 4 months ago
sauce?
moody@lemmings.world 4 months ago
MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 4 months ago
Thanks
FooBarrington@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Transparent can still be more visible than good camouflage. Just look at how well they can imitate rocks and similar debris: youtu.be/q8xJ13pAZNw
AeroLemming@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Holy hell. So I guess cloaking technology already exists, it’s just that the octopuses got to it first.
nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 4 months ago
I wonder how much energy it takes to transform, or hold patterns like that.
Also it’s a bummer they’re lives are so short. We need some more smart octopi in our world.
Sylvartas@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I’m convinced that if octopi had significantly longer lifespans, they would be the ones dominating this planet, and you can’t convince me otherwise