Posted by Ilene on January 22, 2004, at 8:57:35
In reply to Re: Snails » Ilene, posted by socialdeviantjeff on January 21, 2004, at 23:34:40
> That's cool. If I could afford an industrial several thousant gallon aquarium with a staff I ould love some cuttlefish. Now, here's an interesting bit about them-they are color-blind. Pretty wierd, eh?
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>I got so obsessed w/ cuttlefish that I spent an hour or so on the Web reading about them. Then for some reason I read up on toxic cone shells....
Yes, you can keep cuttlefish at home! Here's a page on "Cuttlefish Husbandry". It's part of a larger ceph site that has lots of info and very cool photos:
http://is.dal.ca/~ceph/TCP/cuttle1.htmlWhere did you get the info that they are color-blind? That doesn't make sense, since they can change color.
Squid eyes are very much like human eyes. (Squid are relatives of cuttlefish.) When I was in college I was told they were used for vision research. Perhaps they still are.
Even though cephs and snails are all molluscs, the cephs are the smartest invertebrates.
I.
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