tangle of rainbows

Hello, tiny hunter! Though less than three inches long, stumpy cuttlefish are adept predators. Using color-changing cells called chromatophores, they camouflage themselves in sand, coral or algae, lying in wait to ambush dinner.

You know it’s going to be a good day when a cuttlefish comes to sit on your hand

omg i’m so jelly they’re adoratiny and fluttery

blessed

Flamboyant Cuttlefish by  Beyond The Water Surface

Cuttlefish by Matias Alexandro

New Keith. It’s okay Keith, winter is just about done. Then it’s allergy season.

Is there love in the air? Our beautiful pharaoh cuttlefish have been actively breeding in recent days. Eventually we’ll take the eggs behind the scenes and incubate them in our amazing cuttlefish “bubbler.”

Learn how we built this fabulous fizzer

In the mood for cuttle-ing? Right now you can spot some three-and-half-month-old common cuttlefish hatchlings in the Egg Lab in our Tentacles exhibition! These little guys can grow to about 24 inches long and live around two years.

I guess it’s a cuttlefish.

these baby cuttlefish look like they about to drop the freshest verse of all time