Jet propulsion - Mourning cuttle - Sepia plangon

Description:
Cuttlefish swim and hover using their fluttering side fins, but when they need to make a quick escape they use a water jet below their bodies - you can see these two fighter planes in the photo as they make a quick escape!
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- Life (biota)
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- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (animals)
- Bilateria (bilaterians)
- Protostomia (protostomes)
- Spiralia (spiralians)
- Mollusca (molluscs)
- Cephalopoda (Cephalopods)
- Coleoidea (coleoids)
- Decapodiformes (Squid)
- Sepiida (cuttlefish)
- Sepiina (Cuttlefishes)
- Sepioidea (Cuttlefishes)
- Sepiidae (cuttlefishes)
- Sepia (soft coral cuttlefish)
- Sepia plangon
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