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[VIDEO] Deep-Sea Cephalopods Hide Using Light

Many kinds of octopus, cuttlefish, and squid are masters of disguise. They conceal themselves using chromatophores—specialized skin cells that hold pigment and reflect light.
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[VIDEO] It's the Size of a Grain of Rice -- I Squid You Not!

Like a jewel dancing in the water, this baby opalescent squid (Doryteuthis opalescens), called a paralarva, sucks water into the main part of its body (the mantle cavity) and squirts it out a narrow siphon. This swimming motion is called jet propulsion.

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