"Some of these moulds actually pre-date the factory itself, " said project manager Harry Wardill.
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The next mystery to solve is how precisely the squid can pick and hold any given color, Wardill said.
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"The animals are actually developing color on the skin and they're doing it without pigments, and they potentially have the chance to be picking a certain color, " Wardill said.