Pfeffer's flamboyant cuttlefish [Metasepia pferreri]. A small male is pursuing the large female. The muscles of the flamboyant cuttlefish contain a h

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Pfeffer's flamboyant cuttlefish [Metasepia pferreri]. A small male is pursuing the large female. The muscles of the flamboyant cuttlefish contain a highly toxic, unidentified compound as lethal as that of a fellow cephalopod, the blue-ringed octopus. Puerto Galera, Philippines.

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Size: 4288px × 2848px
Location: Puerto Valera Philippines
Photo credit: © Georgette Apol / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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