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To boost conservation of kelp forests, start by naming them (commentary)

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To boost conservation of kelp forests, start by naming them (commentary)
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Beneath the coppery fronds of the only floating bamboo kelp forest in the world, a creature shapeshifts across the reef. A tuberculate cuttlefish (Sepia tuberculata) has just escaped a predator using “pseudomorph-ink” — a ‘false body’ strategy of emitting ink clouds that resemble its shape — while the actual animal jets away in the opposite direction. Once hidden under a rock or in a crevice, its superb camouflage and mimicry will protect it from detection. This animal lives in the Great African

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