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Common cuttlefish

Sepia officinalis
Davart il num: The colour sepia, a deep brown, is named after this cuttlefish and is made from its ink sac.1
NunprivlusNunprivlus per umans. Nagut da far quitads.
Lindornas conicas e polips MorsasMangia: Charn
Privel per umans: LevSco ina piztgada d'avieul u main. Practicamain nunprivlus per umans.

The common cuttlefish is a sea creature related to squid and octopuses. It is one of the largest and best-known cuttlefish species. It lives on sand and mud seabeds in the Mediterranean, North Sea and Baltic Sea.1

Viva en
Mediterranean Sea, North Sea and Baltic Sea; subspecies have been proposed as far south as South Africa1
Ocean Atlantic, Mar Mediterran, Mar dal Nord
Pagina iniziala
It lives on sand and mud seabeds and can tolerate brackish water, where fresh and salt water mix. It moves inshore in spring and summer to spawn, then moves to depths of 100 to 200 metres in autumn and winter.1
Lunghezza
49 cm (1,6 ft)1
Paisa
4 kg (8,8 lb)1
Sveltezza maximala
circa 15 km/h (9,3 mph)
Nudar, stima approximativa
Tge mangia el?
It eats crustaceans such as crabs and shrimp, small bottom-living fish, and molluscs such as clams and snails. Sometimes it eats other cuttlefish when other prey is scarce. At night it ambushes prey from under the sand or mud.1
Propi!Foto da Common cuttlefish
Common cuttlefish. Foto: Diego Delso. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Co renconuscher el

  • Two highly developed eyes and eight arms around the mouth, plus two longer feeding tentacles1
  • An internal shell, the cuttlebone, on the back of the body1
  • Males in breeding season show a bold black and white zebra pattern on the mantle1
  • Females in breeding season show a uniform grey colour1
  • Can change colour and skin texture to blend into its surroundings1

Forza dal tissi

Morsas

Il tissi vegn or tras ses dents da tissi u ses dents, cura ch'el morda.

Quant privlus è el per umans?

Privel per umans: LevSco ina piztgada d'avieul u main. Practicamain nunprivlus per umans.

Tge fa el, cura ch'el ha tema?

It hides by camouflage, sitting still while a predator passes. If found, it jets away using its siphon and often releases ink.1

Sch'el morda

  • Immobilisaziun cun squitsch: envolva ina bandascha elastica ferma sur la morsa e lura vi da l'entir member ensi, fixescha el cun ina stecca e tegna la persuna dal tut immobila, fin che l'agid arriva.
  • In polip cun anels blaus u ina lindorna conica po far che ina persuna na respira betg pli, entant ch'ella è anc dasda: clama agid e sajas pront da dar respiraziun artifiziala, fin che l'equipa da l'ambulanza surpiglia.

Clama adina l'emprim tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911). Quai è in cussegl general d'emprim agid, betg in cussegl medicinal. Basa da l'emprim agid

Resta en segirezza

  • Na tutga, na piglia e na tizza mai in animal selvadi, gnanc in pitschen, ed era sch'el para da durmir u d'esser mort.
  • Dà spazi a l'animal. Sche ti scuntras in, resta calm, va plaun enavos e lascha ir el per sia via.
  • Sch'in tal animal ta morda: resta calm, na ta mova betg, clama tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911) u va spert en in ospital. Ta regorda co ch'el veseva or, ina foto gida.

El n'ha betg quai sin tai. El dovra ses tissi per pigliar nutriment u per sa defender, e sa zuppa bler pli gugent. Dapli davart la segirezza

Quant grond è el?

Quant lung è el?

Common cuttlefish circa 49 cm lung (1,6 ft)Ina banana circa 18 cm (7,1 in)In giat da chasa circa 50 cm (1,6 ft)

Quant grev è el?

uschè grev sco 1 giats da chasa
uschè lung sco 2,5 bananas ina suenter l'autrauschè lung sco 15 bluccs da construcziun in suenter l'autervar uschè grev sco in giat da chasapudess nudar la lunghezza d'in grond bassin (50 m) en 12 secundas

Quant grond è Common cuttlefish cumpareglià cun TAI?

Mo matematica en tes navigatur. Nagut na vegn memorisà u tramess.

Quant svelt è el?

bun da savair

Fatgs

1

Cuttlefish can change colour and skin texture within seconds, and this camouflage ability is present before they hatch, as young can change their pattern from inside the egg.1

2

Young cuttlefish learn prey preferences before hatching. Embryos that see crabs later hunt crabs more often than shrimp.1

3

The colour sepia, a deep brown, is named after this cuttlefish and is extracted from its ink sac.1

4

Cuttlebones are sold as a source of calcium for pet parrots, and they help keep the bird's beak trimmed.1

5

Cuttlefish ink is used as a food ingredient that stains dishes deep black.1

6

Large numbers of cuttlefish die after spawning, and they usually live only up to 2 years.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific
Sepia officinalis
Gruppa
Lindornas conicas e polips
Famiglia
Sepiidae2
Urden
Sepiida
Continents
Ocean Atlantic, Mar Mediterran, Mar dal Nord, Ils oceans
Poppins
The female attaches between 150 and 4000 eggs to seaweed, shells or other surfaces. The eggs hatch after 30 to 90 days, depending on temperature, into miniature adults.1
Durada da vita
circa 2 onns1
Co ch'i va ad el en la natira
Least Concern1
Privel per umans
1 / 5: Lev3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. Common cuttlefish (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Sepia officinalis (iNaturalist): nums e classificaziun.
  3. Venom Wiki: il stgalim da privel, la grondezza tipica e la stima da la sveltezza èn noss agens. Guarda co che nus als calculain: Co che nus valitain il privel.

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