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Cuttlefish Spot Target Prey Early

By Wendy Heller, June 5, 2008 @ 02:00 AM (EST)
Source: Bbc.co.uk

It's a bit like something out of the famous sci-fi horror movie Alien.

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.

Ludovic Dickel and his colleagues at the University of Caen Basse-Normandy, France, made the discovery by placing crabs alongside cuttlefish eggs in a series of laboratory tanks...

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