Sentences with phrase «by cuttlefish»

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Dried cuttlefish may not look or sound that appetising but I love this stuff — the dried cuttlefish has a chewy, fibrous texture, a flavour similar to a dried scallop, and can be eaten as is or accompanied by chilli sauce or hoisin sauce.

Its exact causes are still uncertain, but its growth may be spurred by the irritation created by indigestible elements in the foods eaten by the whales, such as the beaks of cuttlefish, which are almost invariably found in ambergris.

Scientists have long known that cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis, shown) and some of their kin stop breathing when threatened by predators, but they supposed that freezing in place merely aided the creature's visual camouflage.

When the frightened creatures froze in place and covered the cavity leading to the gills with their tentacles, the voltage in the water nearby dropped by about 80 %, the researchers report online today in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Subsequent lab tests on two types of sharks revealed that the tactic works beautifully: When the researchers generated voltages to simulate the presence of a resting cuttlefish, the sharks could detect the electronic equipment from a distance of 20 centimeters and struck at it 62 % of the time.

Male cuttlefish adopt female coloring, patterns, and shape — to mate surreptitiously with females guarded by larger rivals.

Inspired by cephalopods like octopuses and cuttlefish, which change their skin textures for camouflage, researchers fabricated a stretchy material that inflates into various 3 - D shapes and flattens back out.

And a 2012 study led by Jean G. Boal of Millersville University in Pennsylvania discovered that cuttlefish appear to have a form of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, similar to the sleep in which we dream.

The researchers, led by James Pikul of the University of Pennsylvania and Robert Shepherd of Cornell University, took inspiration from the 3D bumps, or papillae, that octopus and cuttlefish can inflate using muscle units in one - fifth of a second for camouflaging.

Inspired by cephalopods — squid, octopus, and cuttlefish — which use ring - shaped muscles to squeeze small bumps on their skin into large bulges that mimic rocks and algae, researchers created similar reversible protrusions with sheets of stretchy silicone.

These structures have proven to increase coral growth by up to 5 times, and the inventor claims up to ten times faster coral growth can be achieved.They are making an incredible effect on the Gili islands, by being natural sea breakers, attract and give protection for all kinds of marine kife, including octopus, cuttlefish cowrie shells and as you will see in this video a very rare black frog fish.

Dive in and be fascinated by turtles, white tip reef sharks, cuttlefish, moray eels and many other varieties of marine life.

This week in Amed, we encountered a whole group of Cuttlefish right by the Dive center, in Melasti, a Muck Dive site in Amed, that our Dive guides can get you to discover all year round.

Dive in and be fascinated by turtles, White - tip Reef Sharks, Cuttlefish, Moray Eels, Angel Fish, Ghost Pipefish and more.

The highlights were plentiful, ranging from Wobbegong Shark, pointed out by the Divemaster Jemy, Pygmy Cuttlefish, Papuan and Tasseled Scorpionfish, Decorator Crab ad a few different nudibranchs and flatworms.

The following info was translated by Siliconera - «No. 100008» or «Agent 8,» the protagonist of the Octo Expansion - she lost her memories after a shock and doesn't know who she is or what she's doing in the underground - Capt»n Cuttlefish an ally who will help her find a way out - takes place in a huge laboratory located underground - who and why it was made is shrouded in mystery - area feels so closed off from the outside world as though time itself has stopped - Pearl and Marina will check in on the radio to help out Agent 8 - called MC Princess and DJ E-DA in story (western name not confirmed)- also get new tracks from the duo, Off the Hook, in the expansion - secret story of their organization might also be revealed - over 80 tough missions to take on - those who aren't too confident in taking on all the stages can request for help - Pearl and Marina will help you to skip through stages and get right to the story - once you clear the Octo Expansion, you'll get the choice to switch between an Octoling or Inkling - when splatting as an Octoling in a match, there won't be any differences in abilities - they will also share equipment

In this new work, «Ways to Scale», Cooper explores a type of genetic alteration which happens amongst cephalopods — squid, octopi, cuttlefish and nautiluses where they have the ability to alter the genetic makeup of their cells, fine - tuning the information encoded by their genes without altering the genes themselves.