Squid Skin with a Mind of Its Own (Science Out Loud S1 Ep4)

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When you cut the nerves from a squid brain to the skin, something unexpected happens with the tiny pouches of colored pigment, called chromatophores. Emily takes you behind this phenomenon, and how it can be explained and modeled on the computer with some surprisingly simple rules.
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Creative Commons: CC BY-NC-SA, MIT
Hosted by: Emily Mackevicius
Written by: Emily Mackevicius
Additional scripting: Elizabeth Choe, George Zaidan, Tyler DeWitt

Executive producer: Elizabeth Choe
Director: George Zaidan
Editors: Jessica Harrop, Per Hoel
Production assistants: Conor Olmstead, Dan Martin

Squid filming and simulations by Emily Mackevicius

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What a great way to show what system biology is about.

Norfeldt
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I wonder what sort of natural selection caused this coloration to develop. I know in some insect communities harmful species can develop dangerous colors to dissuade predators, and others develop that coloring to mimic the first species.

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this is truly a great documontation of the squid. or like we call it here on the internet: u can has cheezburgers

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this is truly a great documontation of the squid. or like we call it here on the internet: u can has cheezburgers

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