Dr. Roy Caldwell's Videos

[tonmo]

I'm pleased to share 3 wonderful videos, contributed by Dr. Roy Caldwell (thank you Dr. Caldwell, and thank you Nancy for facilitating!)...

Per Roy:

The video was taken through a dissecting scope. The animal was a 12 hour old Hapalochlaena lunulata hatchling that was about 2 mm long. At this stage the blue rings are not visible.

A very fine paint brush was used to stimulate the behavior.

Clip 1

Clip 2

Clip 3 (high resolution)

 

[corw314]

These are awesome! The macro and the detail is amazing!

 

[L8 2 RISE]

Thats amazing

 

[Animal Mother]

Very cool watching the chromatophores expand and contract. I wish I could do that!

 

[mucktopus]

such fantastic video!

 

[dreadhead]

very nice.

 

[Aqua Tech]

wow, I never would have thought they could change colour at such a young age. very cool video.

Mark,

 

[cthulhu77]

Fascinating is the word.