Are Cephalopods Really Colorblind? (VIDEO)

University of California - Berkeley

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UC Berkeley and Harvard researchers have an explanation for how cephalopods, like these camouflaged octopuses and mating cuttlefish, can detect color despite being "colorblind."

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Video by Roxanne Makasdjian and Stephen McNally, UC Berkeley, with octopus footage from Roger Hanlon and cuttlefish video from Jaime Aguilera.

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