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Published online 8 December 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news061204-14
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Octopus skin yields bright discovery
Natural proteins act as super reflectors.
The molecules that make octopus skin so successful as a dynamic camouflage could provide materials scientists with a new way to make super-reflective materials.
Octopus, squid and cuttlefish have developed sophisticated skins so they can hide in an ocean full of hungry predators.
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