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Jul 10, 2024
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Cuttlefish Ink

Fun fact: the color sepia originally comes from cuttlefish ink!

The cuttlefish produces this dark coffee-colored ink, which is mostly made up of melanin. Other cephalopods such as squid and octopus also product ink, but the cuttlefish specifically is notorious for its sepia color.

The ink is typically extracted by removing the cuttlefish sac…

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