#CuttleFish

2026-03-06
Ink on a postcard, January 2026. Inspired by a talk I went to where a scientist was explaining how you can prove that animals use binocular vision for depth perception. You give them teeny tiny 3D glasses and show them images of food that you can only see if you're using both eyes together. And yes, cuttlefish do it.

#cuttlefish #science #sciart #dippen #ink #inkdrawing #drawing #traditionalart #mastoart #art #artist #artistsonpixelfed #handdrawn #penandink
An ink drawing of a cuttlefish wearing 3D glasses.

#cuttlefish

"Cuttlefish use polarized light to create a dramatic mating display invisible to humans

Many organisms leverage showy colors for attracting mates. Because color is a property of light (determined by its wavelength), it is easy for humans to see how these colors are used in animal courting rituals. Less obvious to humans is the polarization of light—a property of light related to the direction the wave is oriented in. Humans can't perceive polarization, which may be why we weren't aware of the interesting way cuttlefish use it to attract mates.

A new study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, takes a closer look at the way male cuttlefish put on a show by polarizing light waves with their arms during courtship."

phys.org/news/2026-01-cuttlefi

2026-01-29

Dự án Cuttlefish đạt độ trễ ~40ns cho tính nhất quán nhân quả mà không cần consensus. Nếu các thao tác giao hoán, hệ không cần đồng bộ; không lock, không heap, dùng bloom vector clock 512‑bit, SIMD‑friendly Rust. So sánh: etcd/Cockroach mất 1‑50 ms. #DistributedSystems #Cuttlefish #Rust #CRDT #CausalConsistency #KỹThuật #HệThốngPhânTán

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TKSST / seethis.tv 🌈🪐✨tksst@fediscience.org
2026-01-28

🦑🔦 To us, this #cuttlefish looks plain. But to another cuttlefish, it’s putting on a flashy show for a potential mate.

Scientists found these #cephalopods use their arms to literally twist light waves, creating high-contrast patterns that are invisible to the human eye.

👉 sciencealert.com/cuttlefish-li

#biology #physics #marinebiology #science #evolution #nature #ocean #stem #education #wildlife #fish

Lukas VFN 🇪🇺animalculum@scholar.social
2026-01-27

Cuttlefish use polarized light to create a dramatic mating display invisible to humans phys.org/news/2026-01-cuttlefi

Transmission through muscle tissue shapes polarization signals during cuttlefish courtship pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2517

"#cephalopods, like #cuttlefish, have the ability to perceive the polarization of light. If some light waves are oriented vertically and others are oriented horizontally, cuttlefish differentiate these in a similar way that humans might differentiate blue and red light."

close-up photo of a cuttlefish curling its long, iridescent arms in front of its head

Cuttlefish, which can both produce and see polarized light, manipulate the patterns of polarization displayed by their arms as a courtship display.

Summary: sciencealert.com/cuttlefish-li

Original paper (not open access): pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2517

#Science #Nature #Cuttlefish #PolarizedLight

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