Common cuttlefish
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

Indlela yokusiqaphela
- 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
Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba
Ityhefu iphuma ngamazinyo aso etyhefu okanye ngamazinyo aso xa siluma.
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It hides by camouflage, sitting still while a predator passes. If found, it jets away using its siphon and often releases ink.1
Ukuba siyaluma
- Ukubopha ngoxinzelelo nokunqanda ukushukuma (pressure immobilisation): songa ibhandeji eqinileyo enwebekayo phezu kwendawo elunyiweyo uze unyuke ngelungu lonke, uliqinise ngesiplinti, kwaye ugcine umntu engashukumi kwaphela de kufike uncedo.
- Ingwane enamakhonkco aluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka okanye inkumba ye-cone inokwenza umntu ayeke ukuphefumla esaphaphile: biza uncedo kwaye ulungele ukumphefumlela (rescue breaths) de i-ambulensi ithathe izintambo.
Soloko utsalela inombolo kaxakeka kuqala (112, 000, 911). Esi sisikhokelo soncedo lokuqala ngokubanzi, asilocebiso lwezonyango. Iziseko zoncedo lokuqala
Hlala ukhuselekile
- Ungaze uchukumise, ubambe okanye uqhule isilwanyana sasendle, nokuba sincinci, kwaye nokuba sibonakala silele okanye sifile.
- Sinike indawo. Ukuba udibana naso, hlala uzolile, buyela umva kancinci kwaye usiyeke sihambe ngendlela yaso.
- Ukuba siyakuluma: hlala uzolile, musa ukushukuma, tsalela inombolo kaxakeka (112, 000, 911) okanye uye esibhedlele ngokukhawuleza. Khumbula ukuba sasikhangeleka njani, ifoto iyanceda.
Asikuzingeli. Sisebenzisa ityhefu yaso ukubamba ukutya okanye ukuzikhusela, kwaye singakhetha ukuzimela. Okungakumbi malunga nokuhlala ukhuselekile
Phi emhlabeni?
Sikhulu kangakanani?
Side kangakanani?
Sinzima kangakanani?
ubude obulingana neebhanana eziyi-2,5 zilandelelana
ubude obulingana neebhloko zokudlala zokwakha eziyi-15 zilandelelana
malunga nobunzima bekati yasekhaya
singaqubha ubude bechibi elikhulu lokuqubha (50 m) ngemizuzwana eyi-12U-Common cuttlefish mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?
Zizibalo nje kwibhrawuza yakho. Akukho nto igcinwayo okanye ithunyelwa naphi na.
Sikhawuleza kangakanani?
Iinyaniso
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
Young cuttlefish learn prey preferences before hatching. Embryos that see crabs later hunt crabs more often than shrimp.1
The colour sepia, a deep brown, is named after this cuttlefish and is extracted from its ink sac.1
Cuttlebones are sold as a source of calcium for pet parrots, and they help keep the bird's beak trimmed.1
Cuttlefish ink is used as a food ingredient that stains dishes deep black.1
Large numbers of cuttlefish die after spawning, and they usually live only up to 2 years.1
Kwiingcali zetyhefu
- Igama lenzululwazi
- Sepia officinalis
- Iqela
- Iinkumba ze-cone neengwane
- Usapho
- Sepiidae2
- Ucwangco
- Sepiida
- Amazwekazi
- uLwandlekazi lweAtlantiki, uLwandle lweMeditera, uLwandle lwaseMntla (North Sea), Iilwandlekazi
- Iintsana
- 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
- Ixesha lobomi
- malunga neminyaka eyi-21
- Imeko yaso endle
- Least Concern1
- Ingozi ebantwini
- 1 / 5: Kuthambile3
Apho iinyaniso zivela khona
- Common cuttlefish (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Sepia officinalis (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa.
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