• Question: IS it posiball to camiflarj

    Asked by 964tund47 to Robert on 10 Nov 2015.
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      Robert Lees answered on 10 Nov 2015:


      Octopus, cuttlefish and squid camouflage themselves using chromatophores (cells that can produce colours) and their eyes to sense the colour of things around them and then change their bodies to that colour. Very clever!

      It currently isn’t possible for humans to camouflage naturally, but there is technology out there that can camouflage things that are still (like an invisibility cloak from Harry Potter) by curving light around the object, including humans. These sorts of technologies are very beneficial in warfare and so probably won’t be shared with the public for a very long time!

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