The playful cuttlefishes, in Andaman and Nicobar Islands

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Cuttle fish are marine animals belonging to the class Cephalopoda which includes squid, octopuses, and nautiluses. Cuttlefish belong to molluscs family, and are not fish. They have an internal shell, known as the cuttlebone, eight arms and two tentacles with denticulated suckers, with which they secure their prey. Cuttlefish eat small molluscs, crabs, shrimp, fish, octopuses, worms, and other cuttlefish. Their predators include dolphins, sharks, fish, seals, seabirds and other cuttlefish. Their life expectancy is about one to two years Source: Wikipedia This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of imagery from South Asia. The Wilderness Films India collection comprises of thousands of hours of high