A cloud of melanin (the same stuff that gives people hair and skin color). The ink can deter predators that use smell to hunt.
Squids release ink as a defense mechanism against predators. The ink forms a cloud in the water, confusing the predator and allowing the squid to escape. Some squids also use their ink to deter threats by creating a distraction or hiding their escape route.
yes they do because they are related to the octopus and if you look at david atunburrah documantaries about the sea you will well see by dakoda
Why do squids have ink sacks and pens, but can not write? ^^ NOOO. Inside the mantle is the pen of the squid, a hard protrusion which is all that remains of the squid's shelled ancestors. The ink sack allows for a mixture of ink and mucus to be squirted through a funnel to distract the pursuer when the squid feels threatened.
The sea squirt is in the phylum Chordata.
they discharge the ink to hide their escape. That's how the humans invented the smokescreen. Squid, octopi and cuttlefish all do it. Look up the "flamboyant cuttlefish" if you want to see a cool animal with tentacles.
Squids Squirt ink (inc) to protect themselves.
They squirt ink
Yes! When an octopus is in danger, the octopus would squirt ink out and swim away.
It is commonly called "ink".
If threatend then yes,likely they squirt ink
The Ink is so that the predator wont see where they tried to swim away
ink comes from squids?
No both male and female squirt ink
Only some species of octopus can shoot ink.
squids have two long tentacles to help grasp food, they squirt ink so they can escape from enemies, they use bioluminescence to get light and they can change colors.
squids have two long tentacles to help grasp food, they squirt ink so they can escape from enemies, they use bioluminescence to get light and they can change colors.
yes