Today's cool science news!

[theweaselking]

Before they have even hatched, cuttlefish embryos can peer out of their eggs and spot potential prey.

It is the first time any animal has been shown to learn visual images before they are born.

Comments

[singingnettle.livejournal.com]

That's pretty cool. I'm fairly sure my goldfish do that, too. I was taking macro photos, without flash, of goldfish eggs, and the little embroyos somersaulted over in their eggs to look at me. I know they were visually tracking what was going on outside their eggs. Whether they were storing those images as memories, I don't know. I suspect so; that would be a very adaptive trait.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

LIFE BEGINS AT CONCEPTION

Well, if you're a cuttlefish, anyway.

[cmseward.livejournal.com]

Cool, but I don't really get how the little guys make the connection that the crabs would be good prey. Or is it just a recognition thing, maybe?