Mesmerizing Color Changing Squid with Chromatophores Firing in Metachrosis

I found this little guy on a dock at Useppa Island. It must have been dropped there from some type of bird or animal. To understand what is going on, here’s what Wikipedia tells us about chromatophores: “Chromatophores are pigment-containing and light-reflecting cells, or groups of cells, found in a wide range of animals including amphibians, fish, reptiles, crustaceans and cephalopods.“ “Some species like squid can rapidly change color through mechanisms that translocate pigment and reorient reflective