This document summarizes the unique abilities of octopuses, squid, and cuttlefish. It describes how octopuses can change their color, texture, and pattern to camouflage or escape. It notes that vampire squid have the largest eyes of any animal and use bioluminescence. Squid are said to be better than octopuses at tricks and camouflage games using light reflection. The document concludes that cuttlefish are experts at camouflage and hypnotism.

1. Strange Events Chapter 10 Hypnotism
Octopusvulgaris
Comingio Merculiano – Wc – Public domain
NOAA –US –Live Science

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Octopus
This magician has many tricks up his sleeve
Beware! of its sucker studded arms lest you grieve
Can disappear before your heart beats twice
Changing colour texture pattern in a trice
When threatened spurting ink at your face
Escapes and disappears without a trace
capable of assuming amazing shape ( s )
leaving your mouth ajar and agape .
This poisonous aggressive elusive mate
Has jet propulsion as another feather
in its cap ,till date
as a defender and deceptor, earned a name
So wonderful is this master of life’s game
Alas this creature, intelligent, bold and brave
Dies young*, soon after mating once with its mate.
*Life span -6months /1year

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Vampire Squid from Hell
Citron – Wc – cc
We are dwellers of the deep but not devilish at all
we don’t drink blood and are not vampire at all
Of course , we are sort of outlandish
a bit different from our pals
Surely , we boast of eyes which are,
in the whole of animal kingdom, biggest of all
wrapped in photophores ,produce ‘fire works’
when called for, dazzling disturber ,surprising all
Our membranous arms , fins and filamentoustentacles
are something unique in us after all .

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Larval squid
Joshua Lambus –NBP-ocean.si.edu
Transparent highly reflective squid in evening
Mid water squid Abralia veranyi
E.Widder - ORCA – ocean.si.edu
Glowing photophores viewed from below at low light level

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Squids
We decapods are one up above octopuses
in our styles, tricks and ways
We know how to mesmerize prey
with light reflecting games we play
Actually we are bioluminescent guys
adept at confusing predator and prey
We are masters of Camouflage and readily
hide, escaping predator, surprising prey .
Some of us even know how to fly
Taking of to air by jet propulsion as Japanese try.
Alas! our lives are short* and we are shy
We reproduce only once and die.
*Life span – 1 year

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Sepia officinalis
Author Unknown – Wc – Public domain
Giant Cuttlefish
King of camouflage
Master of hypnotism
Communication expert
Pot full of skills
Wonderful and strange