Cockatoo Squid
This transparent cranchiid, or cockatoo squid (Leachia sp.), retains ammonia solutions inside its body—giving it a balloon-like shape and helping it float. It has large eyes and pigment-filled cells (chromatophores) that look like polka dots and serve as camouflage—all adaptations to life in the deep ocean.
(via: Smithsonian Ocean Portal)
(image: Marsh Youngbluth/MAR-ECO, Census of Marine Life)
Cockatoo Squid
This transparent cranchiid, or cockatoo squid (Leachia sp.), retains ammonia solutions inside its body—giving it a balloon-like shape and helping it float. It has large eyes and pigment-filled cells (chromatophores) that look like polka dots and serve as camouflage—all adaptations to life in the deep ocean.
(via: Smithsonian Ocean Portal)
(image: Marsh Youngbluth/MAR-ECO, Census of Marine Life)
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