In case you wanted to know where Cuttlebone comes from

[Wags]

Introducing the Cuttlefish. Kinda looks like a cross between a squid and an octopus.


Dave

[Lori L]

I knew that but had yet to see it!

[cfulhage]

Wow- that's pretty cool! I guess I never really thought of where it came from...I never would have guessed a squid-type thing!

[Xavier]

Woah! I never really gave cuttlebone a second thought... never really knew what it was.

That is one weird looking fish.

[Freedomoflight]

Knew it- never seen a picture of it.... wonder how on earth they got a "cuttlebone" out of THAT?!
I mean- do they lookit at the fish after its passed and say- wow this big bone would be a good source of calcuim for parrots?!

[Spinnergirl]

Really??

That seem really strange to me.....I am with freedom with wondering how they ever came up with the idea for cuttlebone from that!

[Lisa B]

also...it changes colors at will. it is a very vibrant colored fish.
I was going to get one for my salt water tank, but then got creeped out when I looked in my tiel cage...at a dead one!!!!

[jamieo]

Cuttlefish are neat creatures. I stood and watched a couple of them for quite a while at OceanWorld at Manly Beach near Sydney last fall.

[CrazyBirdLady]

Cuttlefish are also highly intelligent and very aggressive. The actual cuttlebone that we use for calcium supplements for our birds is actually a floatation device of sorts for the cuttlefish, making them more buoyant.

Makes you wonder how many cuttlefish are "farmed" each year to provide us with cuttlebones...?

[Thowraa]

Cuttlefish bones wash up on beaches all the time. They die, the crabs and bottom feaders eat the meat, leaving the boyant bone to float to the surface and get carried in on the tide.

You can make your own by collecting the bones from the local beaches, cleaning them and boiling them if you want to.