Carl and

Carlo the
cuttlefish
Written and illustrated by
Siraj Faruqee

Reading level: 6th grade

Once, in a
reef, there
were some
cuttlesh
One of them
was named
Carl
Carlo and his friends were
normal and just like the rest
Carl was always special,
and wasn't always a
favorite
Every since he was born,
he could change his
shape and color
One day, crabs, which was the only
thing they ate, became hard to nd
Now the normal
cuttlesh, like Carlo,
got hungry
So Carlo and a lot
of normal friends
had to leave the
reef
But Carl was
special and the
things that
made him
special, or
adaptations,
let him sneak
up and scare
the crabs so
he could eat
them
So he could stay and
had a big family...

And his kids were just

as special!
And many years in the future there were
many more special cuttlesh sh in the
reef than there were normal cuttlesh
 Facts!
- Australian Giant Cuttlesh, like Carl, can grow up to 20
inches long and weigh about 10 pounds

- they also can change their body shape to blend into the
environment

- once they get up close they can ash many colors to stun
they're prey so they can't get away

- they also have much longer tentacles with many suction

cups to grab and pull in prey

- these special tentacles can shoot out at a few hundredths

of a second

- the class "cephalopod" literally means head foot

- their eggs are lemon shaped and take 3 to 5 months to

hatch
 Works cited
NatGeoWild. YouTube. YouTube, 01 Apr. 2013. Web. 04 May 2017.

"Giant Australian cuttlesh videos, photos and facts." Arkive. Wildscreen

arkive, n.d. Web. 05 May 2017.

Zefrank1. YouTube. YouTube, 30 Oct. 2013. Web. 17 May 2017.