File:Squid Counterillumination.png
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Summary
Principle of the counterillumination camouflage of the firefly squid, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Watasenia_scintillans&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Watasenia scintillans (page does not exist)">Watasenia scintillans</a>. When seen from below by a predator, the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bioluminescence&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bioluminescence (page does not exist)">bioluminescence</a> helps to match the squid's brightness and colour to the sea surface above.
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| current | 18:08, 3 January 2017 | | 960 × 720 (124 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | Principle of the counterillumination camouflage of the firefly squid, <i><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Watasenia_scintillans&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Watasenia scintillans (page does not exist)">Watasenia scintillans</a></i>. When seen from below by a predator, the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bioluminescence&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bioluminescence (page does not exist)">bioluminescence</a> helps to match the squid's brightness and colour to the sea surface above. |
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