20 Jan 2005

cuttlefishBoy cuttlefish ‘dress as girls’
Diminutive Giant Australian Cuttlefish males have taken to pretending to be female to elbow out larger love rivals.

“We found that female mimickers could successfully deceive the consort male and that they were able to position themselves near the female in 30 out of 62 attempts.”
~ Dr Roger Hanlon

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