{"id":511,"date":"2009-08-15T12:44:53","date_gmt":"2009-08-15T00:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.waikato.ac.nz\/bioblog\/2009\/08\/blindfold_squid_other_fascinat\/"},"modified":"2009-08-15T12:44:53","modified_gmt":"2009-08-15T00:44:53","slug":"blindfold-squid-other-fascinat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.waikato.ac.nz\/bioblog\/2009\/08\/blindfold-squid-other-fascinat\/","title":{"rendered":"blindfold squid &amp; other fascinating things"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You might know that squid can change the colour patterns on their skin. But how does this happen? &amp; if the changes are in relation to a changing colour in the environment, how do squid&nbsp;<i>know<\/i> about this &#8211; do they&nbsp;<i>see<\/i> the change, or sense it in their skin? (Hence the &#8216;blindfold squid&#8217; of my title.)<\/p>\n<p>Well, over on PZ&#8217;s there&#8217;s a lovely podcast which I enjoyed so much that I&#8217;ve embedded it here as well. Enjoy! (NB for teachers &#8211; &#8216;Creature Cast&#8217; seems an excellent classroom resource.)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/6068853\">CreatureCast Episode 1<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/user1747626\">Casey Dunn<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You might know that squid can change the colour patterns on their skin. But how does this happen? &amp; if the changes are in relation to a changing colour in the environment, how do squid&nbsp;know about this &#8211; do they&nbsp;see the change, or sense it in their skin? (Hence the &#8216;blindfold squid&#8217; of my title.) 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