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spring
to cause to fly back, move, or act, as by resiliency, elastic force, a spring, etc.:to spring a lock.
having a coarse or uneven surface, as from projections, irregularities, or breaks; not smooth:
snatches
to take, get, secure, etc., suddenly or hastily.
escape
to slip away from or elude (pursuers, captors, etc.):
vertebrates
animals with backbones (pg 44)
evolved
to come forth gradually into being; develop; undergo evolution:
lead
to influence or induce; cause:
brainy
intelligent; clever; intellectual.
cloudy
not clear or transparent:
REM
rapid eye movement (pg 44)
tentacles
any of various slender, flexible processes or appendages in animals, especially invertebrates, that serve as organs of touch, prehension, etc.; feeler.
chameleons
any of numerous Old World lizards of the family Chamaeleontidae, characterized by the ability to change the color of their skin, very slow locomotion, and a projectile tongue.
shallow
not deep
squid
any of several ten-armed cephalopods, as of the genera Loligo and Ommastrephes, having a slender body and a pair of rounded or triangular caudal fins and varying in length from 4–6 inches (10–15 cm) to 60–80 feet (18–24 meters).
species
Biology. the major subdivision of a genus or subgenus, regarded as the basic category of biological classification, composed of related individuals that resemble one another, are able to breed among themselves, but are not able to breed with members of another species.
mollusk
any invertebrate of the phylum Mollusca, typically having a calcareous shell of one, two, or more pieces that wholly or partly enclose the soft, unsegmented body, including the chitons, snails, bivalves, squids, and octopuses.
rapidly
occurring within a short time; happening speedily:
maze
a confusing network of intercommunicating paths or passages; labyrinth.
sepia
a color
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
considered
thought about or decided upon with care:
misleading
deceptive
surroundings
environment
marine
of or relating to the sea; existing in or produced by the sea:
sepia officinalis
official scientific name for cuttlefish (the species name)
challenged
to call into question