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Australia: Cairns

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On the last dive of the last day, Brian spotted this very large cuttle fish trying to hide in the staghorn coral.  It is related to the squid and octopus and had positioned its tentacles to imitate the coral around it.  This is a particularly large one and it had huge eyes.  In the photo it is just begining to change colour from the white (camoflauge colouring) to the redder warning colouring to scare off pests. (Like nosy divers).

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