Episode 294
Colour changing cuttlefish
Do camouflaging cuttlefish hold the key to creating a automatic colour-changing material?
Naked Scientists, In Short Special Editions Podcast · The Naked Scientists
September 7, 20144m 58s
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Show Notes
Octopuses and cuttlefish are well known for their astonishing ability to change colour almost instantaneously. Can we copy this system to create a camouflaging material? John Rogers from the University of Illinois reveals all... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Topics
cuttlefishcolourchangecamouflageoctopucephalopod