The cuttlefish is a master of illusion.

乌贼是伪装师。

Your mattress was made from the ocean's softest eelgrass. Your quill pen will be whalebone, your ink a juice secreted by cuttlefish or squid.

您睡的床是侮中最软和的藻做的。您使的笔是鲸鱼的触须，墨水是墨鱼或乌贼分泌的汁。

Scientists have now used CRISPR to edit the DNA of organisms across the tree of life—butterflies, mushrooms, coffee, cuttlefish, and, yes, even humans.

科学家们现在已经开始使用CRISPR技术来编辑各种生物的DNA——包括蝴蝶、蘑菇、咖啡、墨鱼，甚至还有人类。

So, Neil, can you tell me which sea creature is a potential threat to the Great Barrier Reef’s ecosystem? Is it a … a) starfish? b) jellyfish? Or c) cuttlefish?

尼尔，你能告诉我哪种洋生物会对堡礁的生态系统构成威胁吗？a)星b)蜇还是c)乌贼？

And some might say it's a new dimension of science that's making waves but to others and the cuttlefish themselves, it's just " seafood" .

有人可能会说是科学的新局面，自然会有波澜，但对其他人和乌贼来说，就只是“鲜”而已。

The risotto we had was topped off with cuttlefish, but I wanted to find something else in the region that was both a surprise to us, and we learned about it, but also very symbiotic, and that's frogs.

我们吃的意利烩饭上面放了墨鱼，但我想在个地区找到其他的东西，既让我们感到惊讶，我们也了解了它，但也非常具有生态共生性，那就是青蛙。

And the cuttlefish has perhaps some of the most bizarre: their pupils are circular in the dark, but W-shaped in the light.

它们的瞳孔在黑暗中是圆形的，但在光线下是 W 形的。

Its navigating was marked by an encounter with an immense school of squid, unusual mollusks that are near neighbors of the cuttlefish.

次航行碰见了一群抢乌贼，是很奇异的软体动物，跟墨鱼很相像。

When a predator is near, the cuttlefish squeezes and relaxes muscles around the cells. This changes how the cuttlefish looks.

者靠近时，乌贼会收缩和放松细胞周围的肌肉。就改变了乌贼的外观。

Another example of camouflage is the cuttlefish.

伪装的另一个例子是乌贼。

A cuttlefish, for example, will eat less shrimp if it expects to find a tastier crab later on.

例如，墨鱼如果希望以后能找到更美味的螃蟹，它就会少吃虾。

In the second example, the cuttlefish disguises themselves from predators by using special pigments under their skin.

在第二个例子中，乌贼通过使用它们皮肤下的特殊色素来伪装自己免受者的侵害。

In this case, a cuttlefish catches the shrimp, and the dinoflagellates don't need to be afraid anymore.

样一来， 乌贼就抓到了虾，甲藻就不用再害怕了。

Yes, I think so too. OK, so, I asked you: Which sea creature poses a potential threat to the Great Barrier Reef’s ecosystem? Is it a type of … a) starfish, b) jellyfish or c) cuttlefish?

我也么觉得。好了，我问你，哪种洋生物会对堡礁的生态系统造成威胁？a) 星, b) 蜇 还是 c) 乌贼？

They used temporary glue and Velcro to study cuttlefish vision and the animals went after the screen like critics go after popcorn.

他们用临时胶和维可牢尼龙搭扣（一面上有类似芒刺的小钩，另外一面则是数千个塑料小环，钩与环能够牢牢地粘在一起。 ）来研究乌贼的视觉，然后些动物像（影视）评论家追着吃爆米花一样追着屏幕。

And in the second example, the professor talks about the cuttlefish.

在第二个例子中，教授谈论了墨鱼。

The giant cuttlefish, the largest of all cuttlefish. They live for just one or two years.

澳利亚巨型乌贼，体型最的乌贼。生命周期只有一到两年。

In each dish, we've used the liquid they come in to help cook in the chickpeas stew, along with smoked paprika, some other flavours, some aioli and some cuttlefish.

在每道菜中，我们都用了鹰嘴豆汤来帮助烹饪，还有烟熏辣椒粉，一些其他口味，一些蒜泥蛋黄酱和一些墨鱼。

Some species, including certain species of apes, crows and cuttlefish, even seem capable of quite complex thought processes, such as planning for the future.

一些物种，包括某些种类的猿、乌鸦和墨鱼，甚至似乎能够进行相复杂的思维过程，比如为未来做计划。

Competing directly with this rival would be a demanding ordeal, so the cuttlefish opts for trickery instead.

跟个竞争对手直接竞争可能是自讨苦头，于是乌贼选择了诡计。