Octopuses changing colour rapidly incur a high metabolic cost

成果类型:
News Item
署名作者:
Duarte, Rafael C.
署名单位:
Universidade de Aveiro; Universidade de Aveiro
刊物名称:
Nature
ISSN/ISSBN:
0028-3451
DOI:
10.1038/d41586-025-00080-9
发表日期:
2025-01-30
页码:
1055-1056
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摘要:
Colour change in animals can occur over different timescales and aids communication and camouflage. Direct evidence of the associated energetic costs has been lacking, but now an experimental study of octopuses fills this gap.