Nobody envies the sex life of a male Australian giant cuttlefish, also known as Sepia apama. The largest cuttlefish on Earth, these cephalopods typically mate only once in their lives and outnumber ...
Many organisms leverage showy colors for attracting mates. Because color is a property of light (determined by its wavelength), it is easy for humans to see how these colors are used in animal ...
NEW YORK - Many of the snazziest decorations in the animal kingdom are charm offensives, put on by creatures trying to mate. While some of these adornments, like a peacock’s tail feathers or a moose’s ...
(via PBS Terra) Every winter, off the coast of South Australia, thousands of giant cuttlefish gather for the showdown of a lifetime. In an effort to win a mate, these shape-shifting sea creatures ...
Drag cuttlefish Some male cuttlefish are able to keep a potential mate to themselves by dressing up in drag to deceive competing males. Behavioural ecologist Associate Professor Culum Brown, of ...
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Strange facts about cuttlefish most people don’t know
Cuttlefish look like something from another planet with their weird W-shaped pupils and tentacles, but the truly bizarre ...
Good things come to those who wait—especially for the cuttlefish hanging out with Alexandra Schnell, a comparative psychologist at the University of Cambridge in England. For the past decade, Schnell ...
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