This was one of our most memorable finds over the past few nights…a tiny, tiny, tiny baby flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi). It was about two-thirds the size of my thumbnail, sitting all alone on the bottom.

For its small size, the little cuttlefish sure had attitude. It flashed colours continuously, and gesticulated a lot with its many arms.

Here’s one of the highlights from my first day of diving in the Lembeh Strait…an image of a very happy flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi).

The cuttlefish is happy because it just snagged a fish for breakfast. Look hard and you can see the smile (on the cuttlefish, not the fish).