Check out this amazing image of a Cockatoo Squid! Check it out then click over to the source link below for more info on squids and deep ocean life.  -Mike

 This transparent cranchiid, or cockatoo squid (Leachia sp.), retains ammonia solutions inside its body—giving it a balloon-like shape and helping it float. It has large eyes and pigment-filled cells (chromatophores) that look like polka dots and serve as camouflage—all adaptations to life in the deep ocean.

 

Source: Cockatoo Squid | Ocean Portal by The Smithsonian Institution – StumbleUpon.

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