ERC Advanced Grant · 2023
Mechanisms of Camouflage in Cuttlefish
Cephalopod camouflage (or crypsis) is one of the most fascinating behaviors in the animal kingdom. It is also very relevant for neuroscience, for many reasons. First, the ability of cephalopods to escape detection by vertebrate predators or invertebrate prey indicates that the perception of textures must follow similar principles in most species; if they did not, crypsis would not be successful. Because cephalopods and vertebrates diverged over 550 M years ago from a primitive common ancestor, these principles must reflect functional convergence. Second, cryptic patterning gives observers a read-out of an animal’s perception of visual scenes, eliminating the need for complex behavioral…
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