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 Facts Of Cuttlefish 
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order:  Decapodiformes
Family:   Sepiida
Common Name: Cuttlefish
Scientific Name: Sepiida
Location: Worldwide
Diet: Carnivore
Size (L): 15cm - 50cm (5.9in - 20in)
Weight: 3kg - 10.5kg (6.6lbs - 23lbs)
Number Of Species: 120
Average Lifespan: 1 - 3 years
Conservation Status: Threatened
Colour:   Green, Red, Blue, Yellow, Orange, Brown, Pink, White
Skin Type: Smooth
Favourite Food: Crab
Habitat: Coastal and deeper waters
Average Litter Size: 200
Main Prey: Crab, Shrimp, Fish
Predators: Fish, Sharks, Cuttlefish

Distinctive Features: Long body shape and large eyes

 The cuttlefish is a little medium measured mollusc that is found all through the sea waters of the world. Similarly as their squid and octopus relatives, cuttlefish have a substantial, prolonged body with arms encompassing their mouths. Cuttlefish are found in substantial numbers all through the world's sea waters from the warm, tropical shallows to the chilly profundities of the profound sea. Cuttlefish are outstanding for the "glimmering" hues that are shown on their bodies amid battling and mating. Similarly as squid and octopuses, the cuttlefish likewise has an ink sack which launches ink keeping in mind the end goal to trick approaching predators.

There are 120 known types of cuttlefish found over the globe which shift in estimate from only 15 cm to the Australian goliath cuttlefish which is regularly a large portion of a meter long (excluding its limbs) and measures more than 10kg. The cuttlefish is a rapacious creature that fundamentally preys on little shellfish, for example, shrimp and crabs, however the cuttlefish likewise eats a great deal of fish. The cuttlefish utilizes its capacity to change body shading to shroud itself, before getting its prey with the sucker-cushions on the finish of its long appendages which carry the prey into the sharp nose of the cuttlefish.

Because of the for the most part generally little size of the cuttlefish, there are various marine predators that chase them. Huge fish, sharks and even other cuttlefish (once in a while of similar animal varieties) are the most well-known predators of the cuttlefish alongside people who chase the cuttlefish around the globe. Amid the mating season, male cuttlefish change their body hues keeping in mind the end goal to effectively pull in a female. Some male cuttlefish have even been known to influence themselves to look like female cuttlefish keeping in mind the end goal to trap the predominant guys and taking their mates. The female cuttlefish lays around 200 little eggs and tragically bites the dust soon a short time later.
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