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imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

• FooBarrington@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ 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

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  • AeroLemming@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Holy hell. So I guess cloaking technology already exists, it’s just that the octopuses got to it first.

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    • nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ 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.

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      • Sylvartas@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ 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

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• octopus_ink@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Maybe transparent is maximum effort? (I have no idea, I’m just guessing.)

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  • imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Suspicious username…

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    • octopus_ink@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ 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.

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      • Damage@feddit.it ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        What? It’s a very offensive racial slur!

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    • fossilesque@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

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      • imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        Lol! Nice one

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• moody@lemmings.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ 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.

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  • MalReynolds@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    sauce?

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    • moody@lemmings.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      npr.org/…/how-and-why-scientists-created-a-see-th…

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      • MalReynolds@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        Thanks

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