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It is usually assumed that the typical shallow-water decapod cephalopods are active hunters and seek out their prey rather than wait for the prey to come to them. It does sometimes occur1 that a cuttlefish is lying passive, half buried in the sea bottom, and that when food, such as a prawn or a crab, passes close by, the tentacular arms are rapidly unfurled in an attempt to secure the prey. In contrast to these methods, I was fortunate enough to observe a cuttlefish actively luring fish to within reach of the tentacular arms.
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Wilson, D. P., J. Mar. Biol. Assoc., 26, 421 (1944–47).
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WICKSTEAD, J. An Unusual Method of capturing Prey by a Cuttlefish. Nature 178, 929 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/178929b0
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