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A Living Bay
The Underwater World of Monterey Bay
Lovell Langstroth and Libby Langstroth
Phylum Mollusca/Class Cephalopoda
Hatchling squid, 4 days old, about 5mm long. From Monterey Bay Aquarium.
It is fascinating to observe these litle babies in the laboratory; they jet forward, they jet backward, and their chromotaphores produce starry flashes of yellow, red, and brown over their body.
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