Unlike the octopus's arms, which that animal often uses to move and carry objects, the cuttlefish's eight arms are specialized for grasping prey after the cuttlefish captures it with its two ...

IT is generally recognized that the cuttlebone not only serves the cuttlefish, Sepia officinalis (L.), as a skeleton but also gives it buoyancy. The cuttlebone contains gas spaces which give it a ...

Once a year, at the beginning of the Southern winter, a bay on the South coast of Australia becomes home to the only known mass spawning aggregation of cuttlefish in the world. Over a hundred ...

Buy a whole dried cuttlefish, not the shredded type sold as a snack; the whole cuttlefish is less salty and the texture is different. It should be soaked until pliable, then the skin needs to be ...

First prepare the cuttlefish (or squid – they are done pretty much in the same way). If whole, and uncleaned, do this in the sink as the black ink can make the whole process very messy.

One of the most mystifying creatures of the deep, the cuttlefish has abilities and even senses that are alien to us humans. This versatile animal can change its appearance at will, mimicking ...