ALIEN ENCOUNTER

The curious cuttlefish sometimes allows you to get up close and personal, especially if they are distracted a bit by a hunting mission. This other-worldly cephalopod creature is a close cousin to the octopus and squid. Like the squid they have feeding tentacles which extend to capture their prey, which this certain critter was just itching to use as it scanned a coral head for small crustaceans (crabs and squid).

This photo was taken on the glorious mainland reefs of Maziwe Island, Tanzania, by Vanessa Lovenburg Ngoteya.

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