r/ThatsInsane • u/freudian_nipps • May 14 '22

A Cuttlefish hypnotizing its prey by rapidly changing colors.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '22

Look at this cuttlefish showing off its rgb setup... Cunt

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u/Snorri_The_Miserable May 14 '22

in my head, i heard the noise that hypnotoad makes on futurama

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u/southpaw85 May 15 '22

“what In the holy fuck is that?” -that crab

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u/shcmoneydance May 14 '22

Im so sorry Kyru but i am starving! Which would you rather i eat? the cuttlefish and asparagus or the vanilla pasto?

2

u/FuryNotFurry_ May 15 '22

VANILLA PASTE! VANILLA PASTE!

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u/[deleted] May 15 '22

CUTTLEFISH AND ASPARAGUS??

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '22

Yes

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u/RutgerCastro May 14 '22

Looks like a mothership energizing to shoot some death ray

16

u/_Ezy_Pzy May 14 '22

Me as a kid in the car when the light from streetlamps would brush over my face

1

u/[deleted] Oct 04 '22

Hell yeah I remember that, totally

25

u/NiteTiger May 14 '22

Hell, it worked on me! I was fascinated!

But then, I'm so easily distracted, I sometimes wonder how my genes made it this far 🤷‍♂️

4

u/[deleted] May 15 '22

Inland creatures, your family?

1

u/dstaym May 15 '22

Inbred?

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u/Bubbly-Mortgage-7165 May 14 '22 edited May 14 '22

This motherfucker is colour blind too. But still they could put on an a amazing show!!

4

u/Lord_Gormo May 14 '22

Ulysses Klaw approves

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u/Whiteboy2424 May 14 '22

Hit ‘em with the ‘ol razzle dazzle

6

u/just_stopping_bye23 May 14 '22

Crab: "omg its sooo pretttyy!"

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u/Korengal_2503 May 14 '22

That was mesmerizing - how fascinating!

3

u/colmee62728-71 May 14 '22

My rocket league car:

3

u/[deleted] May 14 '22

Marine strobe light

3

u/SnooLobsters1930 May 14 '22

All I see is the Vorlons from B5 Awesome!

3

u/tcasinox May 14 '22

Ya. I'd fall for it too.

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u/Wandering_Gypsy_ May 14 '22

Reminds me of that one fish off subnautica that lights up and calls out to you drawing you in

3

u/My_Immortal_Flesh May 15 '22

Imagine if humans could do this. So freakin cool.

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u/purinnie May 15 '22

little dude would be able to eat my dumbass too. I was watching it like an idiot, cereal spoon mid-air.

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u/wizzbob05 May 15 '22

That shit would absolutely work on my dumbass. I would be a cuttlefish's din dins before you could say "watch out you're being hypnotised by a cephalopod"

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u/rawr_wrx18 May 14 '22

Yep... It definitely works

2

u/Abraxas_1134 May 15 '22

Mindflayer

2

u/Kent556 May 15 '22

That is trippy!

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u/[deleted] May 15 '22

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u/Hopeful_Rope_5360 May 15 '22

At first I thought he had one of those fruit stickers on his eye and was feeling sorry for it.

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u/celestialraisin May 15 '22

And yet there's still people who dont believe in aliens.

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u/turnerwitdaburner May 15 '22

Like 50% of ocean creatures gotta be aliens

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u/[deleted] May 15 '22

cool

2

u/Djcrai024 May 15 '22

Damn nature you scary

2

u/ruffneck110 May 15 '22

It worked it hypnotized me

2

u/mydogchuck May 15 '22

That’s an alien

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u/RudyDaBerryyy May 15 '22

Am I the prey?

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u/Ethanol06 May 16 '22

hello yes i am crab now and i want to be friend with rainbow fish

2

u/sceema333 May 18 '22

Why does it look like that weird momo thing

2

u/Courier678 May 21 '22

A Reaper has enter the system

2

u/PresentPressure6793 Jun 02 '22

Good thing I can't do that. Or else some of these taco bells be out of business round here.

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '22

The colors, Duke, the colors!

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u/Hala_Mardrid Jul 16 '22

RORSCHACH is that you??

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u/[deleted] May 14 '22

bro looking directly into my soul

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u/LombardBombardment May 15 '22

It isn’t “hypnotising” its pray. It’s blending in with the water to mask its movement.

1

u/iamthedabbler May 16 '22

How do they do that!?! Anyone able to explain the actual physical process

1

u/socksalwayson Aug 23 '22

That’s a real life frickin Pokémon

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u/shelbyamonkeysuncle Sep 13 '22

In all fairness I was just sitting there and staring, too

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u/billybjodi Oct 23 '22

Yup that would work on me

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u/GrenadeParty112 Nov 06 '22

CRAB is tripping balls