to see what it’s like to be the crab. He was hoping to see a particular hypnotic camouflage display cuttlefish use while attacking. But the cephalopods had their own innovations to show.

While sneaking up on prey, cuttlefish employ a dynamic skin display to avoid detection in last moments of approach, researchers have found.

The discovery disputes the common theory that the cuttlefish uses a form of hypnotization to capture its prey; the prey likely just doesn’t even see the cuttlefish, and rather a confusing patterned ...

In camouflage, the shape and outline of the animal ... Some creatures even change color to blend with new surroundings, like the crab spider that changes from white to yellow when it moves from ...

Now, researchers have captured four specific cuttlefish camouflage techniques on video ... observed four patterns the animals use to confuse crabs, which they named leaf, coral, pulse and passing ...

Because imitation crab is so much cheaper than real crab, it’s a popular choice for mixtures where it might camouflage itself and pass as the real deal. Crab cakes, sushi rolls, dips ...

Cuttlefish aren’t just masters of disguise – they're illusionists of the sea. Researchers discovered that broadclub cuttlefish use a dazzling display of downward-moving stripes on their skin to sneak ...

This species is part of a group known as decorator crabs which adorn their shells with sponges or anemones for camouflage. Juvenile Japanese spider crabs will do this, but with few predators at ...

Another way animals camouflage themselves is through mimicry. Mimicry means you pretend to be someone or something else. Crabs can use mimicry to blend in and avoid being detected by predators in ...

Scorpion spider crabs (Inachus dorsettensis) camouflage themselves by fixing pieces of sponge onto their bodies with bristly hairs like Velcro. Sponge crabs, also known as sleepy crabs (Dromia ...