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•  Info Common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis), Arrábida National Park, Portugal. The common cuttlefish is one of the largest and best-known cuttlefish species. They are a migratory species that spend the summer and spring inshore for spawning and then move to depths of 100 to 200m during autumn and winter. They only have a lifespan of 1–2 years and have many predators including sharks, dolphins, seals, fish, and cephalopods which includes other cuttlefish. During the day, most cuttlefish can be found buried below the substrate and fairly inactive. At night however, they are actively searching for prey and can ambush them from under the substrate. Cuttlefish are carnivorous and eat a variety of organisms including crustaceans (crabs and shrimp), small fish, molluscs (clams and snails), and sometimes other cuttlefish. Poco a poco (talk) 22:22, 10 December 2023 (UTC)
•  Support -- Poco a poco (talk) 22:22, 10 December 2023 (UTC)
•  Support The denoising of the background could have gone a bit closer to the cuttlefish, but it's still a great shot. --Cart (talk) 22:29, 10 December 2023 (UTC)

• Good point, Cart,  Done Poco a poco (talk) 07:41, 11 December 2023 (UTC)

•  Support ★ 23:28, 10 December 2023 (UTC)
•  Support Maybe common, but still pretty, and big enough to show a good deal of detail. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 02:38, 11 December 2023 (UTC)
•  Support Coloring and DoF gives it the impression of a painting at first glance - beautiful beyond the "usual" good animal pictures' beauty --Kritzolina (talk) 07:41, 11 December 2023 (UTC)
•  Support Very fascinating species. At first sight, I actually felt a bit reminded of the Mutated Guild Navigator from the 1984 movie version of Dune. -- Radomianin (talk) 09:20, 11 December 2023 (UTC)

• My thoughts exactly, Radomianin! I just didn't know if anyone here would know that old classic film. :-D --Cart (talk) 10:38, 11 December 2023 (UTC)

• Well, that makes two of us, but I think there are other regulars out there who know this classic :) -- Radomianin (talk) 11:22, 11 December 2023 (UTC)

• +1. I would not be surprised if David Lynch used a cephalopod as a model for his film. Yann (talk) 19:15, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

•  Support --Yann (talk) 10:29, 11 December 2023 (UTC)
•  Support Additional information: This animal shows the typical threatening gesture --Llez (talk) 12:47, 11 December 2023 (UTC)
•  Support Ermell (talk) 13:17, 11 December 2023 (UTC)
•  Support Νικόλαος Κυριακάκης (talk) 15:47, 11 December 2023 (UTC)
•  Support Agree about a very fascinating animal, and particularly in this photograph (compared to other views of the same species on Google that seem more ordinary). Here the shape really evokes a sci-fi monster, with fantasy-like tentacles. I also appreciate the abyssal aspect of the background, the natural light and the appealing angle -- Basile Morin (talk) 02:21, 12 December 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --Harlock81 (talk) 06:09, 12 December 2023 (UTC)
•  Support Charlesjsharp (talk) 14:05, 12 December 2023 (UTC)
•  Support -- Ivar (talk) 14:54, 12 December 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --Giles Laurent (talk) 10:12, 13 December 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --Laitche (talk) 15:39, 13 December 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --Famberhorst (talk) 18:29, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 17 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /-- Radomianin (talk) 09:27, 16 December 2023 (UTC)

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Animals#Class_:_Cephalopoda