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Perfect capture! 
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thanks, those arent at the aquarium anymore. they were replaced by a different species.
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yea. when did they take them out?, because i don't remember seeing them there.
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they were removed about 3-4 months ago. the old ones laid eggs and died, this is normal for cephalopods.
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aww. that's sad : (. they are so interesting looking.
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its a reef cuttlefish, the largest of the cuttlefish thats why its so big.
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yup its squishy, it has no bones, and his primary skeletal structure is a porous piece of cartilage
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by cartilage i mean bone... my B
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cool
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its a cuttlefish its in the same family as the squid, the main difference between squids and cuttlefish is the fin structure. Cuttlefish have a fun that goes around the entire body whereas squid donβt.
But both squid and cuttlefish do have a hard structure in their body which they use for buoyancy, its called a cuttle bone and is porous.
Nitrogen is removed from the blood of these animals which increases buoyancy and is trapped within the structure.
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