I wish cuttlefish lived longer. They're so smart. Also, I'm nearly positive they have language via arm sign and color. Now to invent a color-changing glove.
Me too Charlie, but even in the wild, they only live about 2 years max. I had a cuttlefish in my aquarium for about a year, and the shop told me that was a long time for a store cuttlefish, but it was so sad. They just go in to a dream state when they die and their tentacles just all hang outreached. They are in like a unconscious state, but no pain or distress at all. So, they are incredible and alien looking animals!
Awesome! I had a cuttlefish in my aquarium for almost a year and the 2 tentacles are what they use to investigate most anything, it doesn't necessarily mean they're being aggressive -- mine was probably smarter than my dog, and funny how she used to beg for food! And would squirt me when I opened the lid if I didn't have a crab or little shrimp for her to eat...lol
@@destinysophia7942 I didn't, couldn't bear to lose a pet every year or 2, but the care guides are out there, read a ton on them THEN found out about the short lifespan.
Diary of a cuttlefish -Today I tried to communicate with humans once again. Now I tried to show my tentacles and display a bit of color change. They just keep doing that silly thing with their... "tentacles"? (man, those fellas are wierd) and flashing with those big eyes. I guess that that's their way to say "hi". They keep being annoying tho', what a freaks.
Cuttlefish are as curious about humans as we are about them! They're such smart animals! Total aliens! And some scientists believe they could actually BE aliens from outer space, could have had eggs fly off an asteroid that hit earth because they're so unlike any other creatures!
Yeah even the smaller ones like the dwarf cuttlefish are about 3 to 4 inches long. Not massive but they are not small either. The largest of the species is the Australian giant cuttlefish. They grow more than 20 inches long and sometimes can weigh more than 10 pounds.
Diving with this "secret agent" was very interesting, because other cuttlefishes are holding distance and are swimming away, when the diver comes too close.
It looks like it's trying to adopt a specific form in response to the divers To me it kinda looked like a face. I thought cuttlefish here was trying to communicate with the divers (not necessarily curious, but responding)
i like cuttle fishes a lot theyre really nice and if I went diving and met a cuttle fish I would look at it ofc but I wouldnt poke it or annoy it I would leave it alone to get on w/ its cuttling
They use those 2 tentacles to kind of 'walk' along the bottom, it actually looks like feet walking! I had one in my aquarium and he would get SO EXCITED if you threw in a freshwater crab, his favorite food, but those 2 'walker' tentacles would stand straight up, and he would STRIKE with his sticky tentacles that eject out from inside him and grab the prey in less than a 1/4 second! The crab has NO CHANCE of escape! They're magnificent hunters!
My cuttlefish (named CTHULHU btw) would actually 'beg' for food by chasing me from one side of the tank to the other. So cool and when I lifted the hood of the tank, he would squirt me with water to get my attention, so funny! They can squirt a LOT of water, really fast, almost hit my tv once!
Steve the dude. Yeah but we were given and then we were also able to take. It’d be nice if they could take too, and we could interact with them as civilizations. Maybe over time their intelligence would have given them the chance to really become social animals and then build communities.
You know, it kind of felt like his darker colors and wider tentacle posture were saying "back off!" Brings a whole new meaning to the phrase "you need to lighten up", doesn't it?
+Andrew White they are so fast and mobile it didn't have to hang around if it didn't want to. I've seen cuttlefish diving and tried to get close but they usually don't let you get closer than maybe 6' and it is extremely easy for them to keep their distance. In terms of mobility, your statement would be equivalent to "Curious slugs accost a frightened rabbit."
dario it’s not about what’s “safe” to touch and what’s not. It’s about respecting the ocean. We have germs that can be harmful to ocean life. You don’t touch anything while scuba diving.
L3giTxSniPE you ok with a stranger walking up to you and touching you? I doubt you are. It’s no different. Don’t touch shit in the ocean plain and simple. It’s not about being narrow minded it’s about being respectful and not being selfish.
The video's entitled "a curious cuttlefish ", but it looked more like " curious human annoying cuttlefish ". The diver was coming at the cuttlefish, trying to engage his tentacles, while the cuttlefish was clearly backing away. If it had been truly curious, it would have approached them. I hate when people try to force encounters with nature, especially just for a good photo.
@@ajac99 Cuttlefish are very docile. During an evening in Sarasota, my family was swimming. My brother noticed a Cuttlefish. He wanted to see it closer.
I swear if I see anything in where I'm swimming, I would freak out, even if it's a tiny little fish. Because I always felt anxiety whenever that happens..
The octopus is nonchalantly doing a silent treatment with a invisible camera in one hand and flipping off the people with his other hand when he has the rights to enter the human aquarium
So, it changes color patterns, didn't seem to show aggression after being touch by a creature not of it's species, it was by itself among these weirdos and it stuck around.
Probably because in aquarium, they lower the water temperature a little bit. This is to slow down the metabolism of the cuttle fish, thus slowing their growth. But this also helps them live longer than they regularly would.
I-Is it trying to communicate with color change? It kept trying to change itself darker. Or maybe it felt it would be safer if it looked like you? (humans do tend to freak out sea life...)
So cute for a sentient being. I wanna Pat pet it maybe put her in a tank and watch television with me. But I believe cuttlefish, octopuses, and squid should never be kept in captivity because these are sentient beings. Let's speak up about inuits clubbing seals on the head.
Smart and really Cute, they we're lucky it happened, he was friendly but stand off, I don't blame him, 2 or 3 diver's next to that creature, he was Beautiful
Yes i think so as well! They have very friendly eyes which just scream "I'm intelligent and should be your friend". They look totally safe and kinda friendly. I'd LOVE to have one as a pet IF they lived for over 4 years and if i had a large enough tank for them. Very pretty looking animals. And so smart especially given that their life is only 2 years or so. Both cuttlefish and octopuses just look so cute & smart. I'm sure squid are very smart as well. They seem much smarter than fish, sharks and eels. I like the taste of calamari BUT I am not willing to eat Cephalopods anymore. I actually want to chuck pipes in to the ocean so that Octopuses have a great home to live in (but I don't want to pollute the ocean). I'd love to know if they actually like being patted by a person and if a person can train them. Also it'd be great to know if they can identify a person. They look very cute and totally not dangerous to people. Very amazing animals.
Thank you very much for your amusing contribution. I'm glad that our little underwater videos are still popular, even though we haven't been diving for a long time due to our age.
They are. Their capture tentacles can move a foot in a hundredth of a second, their beak is powerful enough to crush a crab, they hypnotize their prey with rapidly changing color, and to top it off, they're equally, if not more, venomous than blue ringed octopi. And that's pretty damn venomous.
It was a great experience to come to Indonesia/ Sulawesi an dive around Manado and in the Lembeh strait. My wife and I are plannig to come to Indonesia again in November this year. Sorry for my bad English :-)
aaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww... that's just precious... of course, i'm probably attributing some different regard to the situation than what the cuttlefish is actually experiencing. BUT i love him/her any way you cut it. there is something about gently curious creatures that is just so awesome. it's really too bad that nature kills all of them off (as they're usually prey if they aren't skittish, defensive, or offensive). imagine what kind of wonderfully fun, social, communicative creatures our world COULD be filled with if this trait hadn't been all but bred out of existence... all we animals would be sharing all the time with one another.
