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[-] Skua@kbin.social 196 points 5 months ago

Actual explanation: these squid are transparent normally, but can turn on a dark pigmentation when that is a more effective camouflage. Being transparent works quite well most of the time, but if the predator has its own light source (as several deep-sea predators do) then their transparent state becomes a problem, because it's relatively reflective compared to the water around them. In this situation, turning on the dark pigment helps them blend in with the dark water better.

Source: Zylinski and Johnsen "Mesopelagic Cephalopods Switch between Transparency and Pigmentation to Optimize Camouflage in the Deep"

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 30 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Fixed link. PDF

Edit: interestingly I think your link as formatted will work on the website but not in Sync. Can anyone else report if this is the same for other apps?

OP's link for posterity:

Source: Zylinski and Johnsen "Mesopelagic Cephalopods Switch between Transparency and Pigmentation to Optimize Camouflage in the Deep"

[-] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Android.

Connect app: a blank page both times

Mobile FF: a pdf both times

Seems like my app just can't render files.

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I'm confident Connect would support escape characters so maybe I just need more.

Edit: or maybe less, try this one [test link](https://www.cell.com/current-biology/pdf/S0960-9822(11)01138-9.pdf). PDF

[-] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago

An error on the site itself, hm.

I think it's not it's fault but of the webview (?) app it borrows from the system.

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Bring it to the dev's attention? They seemed pretty on top of things when I used that app.

[-] Skua@kbin.social 2 points 5 months ago

Huh, not sure what's going on there. It looks fine on my instance obviously, but it seems fine on yours and the post's in the browser at least. Then again kbin seems to be particularly janky with links in particular. Thanks for making a version everyone can see

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago

It has to do with the fact that there's parenthesis in the URL but parenthesis are also part of the link markup. So unless something accounts for that then it will cut the url off prematurely. I think maybe the default Lemmy ui takes care of that automatically.