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All eyes on cuttlefish return

WHYALLA - The Upper Spencer Gulf’s famed Giant Cuttlefish aggregation is approaching, with uncertainty lingering over how the ...
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This tentacled giant can grow as long as a cricket bat. Tens of thousands are about to gather in South Australia

The giant cuttlefish aggregation at Point Lowly in South Australia is one of the planet's greatest wildlife spectacles.
Gizmodo

Over a century ago, the giant cuttlefish put up a spectacular fight

This is an illustration of a giant cuttlefish battling brave sailors, depicted in a popular science book from 1872, called The Ocean World, by Louis Figuier. And that’s not the least of the weirdness ...
RealClearScience

The Weirdest Mating Ritual on Earth

(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 ...
Gizmodo

Group sex among the giant cuttlefish

In this excerpt from the BBC/Discovery documentary Life, we learn about a mating strategy that’s fairly common in the animal world. A female cuttlefish is courted by two males. One is large and ...
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Marine ecologist explains new “bubble shield” installed to protect cuttlefish from ongoing algal bloom in South Australia

A "bubble shield" has been installed in South Australia's Spencer gulf in an urgent bid to protect giant cuttlefish from harm caused by the deadly algal bloom. Dr Zoe Doubleday is a marine ecologist ...