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country flag of Exploring photos of the Flamboyant Cuttlefish taken in Philippines

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  • Photo Bomber We were fortunate to observed the birth/hatching of this Flamboyant Cuttlefish - Metasepia pfefferi.
The eggs were glued inside a sea shell.  After hatching, it rested on the shell for a while, before swimming/floating to the water column.

I didn't get to capture the moment of birth/hatching on this particular encounter, however, 2 days later, when we were doing a night dive at the same dive site, the dive guide found another batch of eggs, 3 of them and I can see the embryos were well developed and already swimming inside the eggs.  We waited patiently for the hatching and eventually, I was able to capture the moment in video.  Check out the video here :

https://www.facebook.com/askkang/videos/vb.793127490/10157356931912491/?type=3
 Cebu,Cuttlefish,Flamboyant Cuttlefish,Malapascua,Metasepia pfefferi,Philippines
    Photo Bomber
  • Moment of Birth~ Embryos of Flamboyant Cuttlefish - Metasepia pfefferi, they already are very colourful when fully developed in their eggs and also able to change colours as they swim inside the eggs.

Managed to capture the special moment when one of them hatched, check out the video here :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIgdMyRnyh4 Ceby,Cuttlefish,Flamboyant Cuttlefish,Malapascua,Metasepia pfefferi,Philippines,Sepia
    Moment of Birth~
  • Flamboyant Cuttlefish Seen in Dauin, Philippines (Oct 1, 2012).
A very colorful cuttlefish that can grow up to 8 cm. Is poisonous, the toxin to be as lethal as that of fellow cephalopod the Blue-ringed octopus.
Is a species of cuttlefish occurring in tropical Indo-Pacific waters off northern Australia, southern New Guinea, as well as numerous islands of the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia. Found in sand and mud substrate in shallow waters at depths of 3 to 86 m. Geotagged,Metasepia pfefferi,Philippines
    Flamboyant Cuttlefish
  • Flambuoyant This is a juvenile Flambuoyant Cuttlefish - Metasepia pfefferi.
Cuttlefishes are not real fishes but cephalopod.
The Flambuoyant Cuttlefish is probably the most beautiful/colourful cuttlefish.
Not only are they able to change their colours, but also can change part of the shape of their body and when they are moving, they 'flash' their colours constantly, with the flashing moving from the head to the tail of the body.
The tentacles are of flashy colour of purple and yellow, making it looks like a flower.
Their colours indicates they are poisonous, with their flesh containing unique acids which is poisonous for consumption.
They can grow up to 8 cm in size and this one is just a juvenile, around 2 cm in size. Geotagged,Metasepia pfefferi,Pfeffer's flamboyant cuttlefish,Philippines,Summer
    Flambuoyant
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