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Metasepia pfefferi, also known as Pfeffer's Flamboyant Cuttlefish, Flamboyant Cuttlefish swimming, A toxicology report has found and confirmed that the muscle tissue of Flamboyant Cuttlefish is highly toxic, making it only the third cephalopod found to be toxic. Research by Mark Norman with the Museum Victoria in Queensland, Australia, has shown the toxin to be as lethal as that of fellow cephalopod the Blue-ringed octopus