Talk:Metasepia pfefferi

Only Toxic Cuttlefish
Could someone add that? I saw it on Nova (TV series). (Sorry I don't know how to do references). --Mitternacht90 01:00, 4 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Just added it. I wish I had caught the actual chemical that the toxin consists of but it went by so fast.  I'll have to wait until the transcript is available on the PBS website before I can update it.  I've linked to the Teacher's Guide that discusses the toxicity for lack of a better source until the transcript is up.  ju66l3r 06:04, 4 April 2007 (UTC)


 * According to the Striped Pyjama Squid page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Striped_Pyjama_Squid), the SPS is both a cuttlefish and toxic. So I feel that there's a conflict between that page and this which needs to be resolved.

I was told in personal communication with an aquarist at the Monterey Bay Aquarium that the claim that flamboyant cuttlefish are toxic has not been substantiated by any peer-reviewed article and that he has personally witnessed flamboyant-cuttlefish flesh being eaten by a variety of species with no ill effects ... The only source of the toxicity theory seems to be popular-science television programmes. Does anyone have a reference to an academically-credible source detailing a scientifically-valid study supporting the claim of toxicity? Else, it may make sense to weaken the language. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:9:8080:280A:2568:BCC2:C582:4A16 (talk) 15:31, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

I've just tried to find a scientific article from Mark Norman (who the TV programmes suggest has shown the toxicity of this animal), but can't find a single one on this cuttlefish. He co-wrote a book published in 2000 on cephalopods of Australia, but the research was claimed to have been conducted between 2000 and 2006. I confess to being sceptical. Wocky (talk) 10:55, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

Further to this, there's a list of his publications here; M. pfefferi's toxicity (or lack thereof) doesn't appear at all. Wocky (talk) 11:10, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

It seems like the toxicity information on this page is very out of date. Check out this info from Monterrey Bay Aquarium and also Science Friday: https://www.sciencefriday.com/articles/this-cuttlefish-dazzles/ https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animal-guide/octopuses-and-kin/flamboyant-cuttlefish Both articles indicate that there is NO relationship between the color patterns the cuttlefish makes, and its ability to repel predators due to toxicity. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.224.220.234 (talk) 12:55, 4 November 2017 (UTC)

The claim that they contain unique acids isn't found in the transcript of the Nova (TV series) transcript, should it be removed? User:Robert Stegmann 18:52, 26 November 2022 (UTC)

Coordinates of natural range
I have updated the coordinates for the north-eastern limit of the natural range to place it somewhere in Moreton Bay rather than the middle of the Darling Downs. My adjustment is just a guess, but I am assuming is better than it was. Needs correction from a source. Bleakcomb (talk) 13:23, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

Video that came through the Wiki Science Competition
Leaving this video here in case editors of this page find it useful. Uploaded by the creator for the Wiki Science Competition (it was one of the finalists in its category). &mdash; Rhododendrites  talk \\ 06:10, 26 January 2018 (UTC)

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