Cuttlefish camouflage skin patterns are categorized in “skin pattern space”
Here, each black dot represents a skin pattern produced by a single cuttlefish. In the same way that every color can be placed in a specific location on a color wheel, cuttlefish skin patterns can be analyzed by neural networks and assigned a specific location in “skin pattern space”. Although represented here in 2D, skin pattern space has multiple dimensions, representing the many complex elements that make up a skin pattern.
Here, each black dot represents a skin pattern produced by a single cuttlefish. In the same way that every color can be placed in a specific location on a color wheel, cuttlefish skin patterns can be analyzed by neural networks and assigned a specific location in “skin pattern space”. Although represented here in 2D, skin pattern space has multiple dimensions, representing the many complex elements that make up a skin pattern.
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