Sea Sapphire - Sapphirina sp

This Sea Sapphire - Sapphirina sp are tiny copepods, probably up to 5 mm in size and are mostly seen floating and flickering in the water column. In this picture, there are 2 of them, the on on the left appears to be turning off its colour to appear invisible.

Check-out this video on how they can change their colours and made themselves invisible :

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2015/07/video-solving-mystery-invisible-sea-sapphire

comments (2)

Ferdy Christant

Lion

That's crazy, almost like magic. Embedding the video directly:

Posted 8 years ago
1. Albert Kang
  
  Lion
  
  Yes, this Sea Sapphires are amazing animals! Posted 8 years ago

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