• Question: Do people get ink from squid and octopus or get it a different way

    Asked by _markosullivan_ to Annette, Dave, Jaine on 18 Nov 2016.
    • Photo: Annette Neill

      Annette Neill answered on 18 Nov 2016:


      If you mean the ink we write with, no-that ink we write with is not from squid. Squid ink is actually made up of melanin and the squid squirts it to camouflage itself from predators! Octopus ink is black, apparently

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