SA’s algal bloom spreading north towards one of the world’s marine wonders

The annual aggregation of giant cuttlefish in the Spencer Gulf attracts photographers, divers and researchers from across the ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
The Australian

Giant cuttlefish gather for spectacular mating ritual before they die

Giant cuttlefish are usually solitary, shy creatures, but every winter tens of thousands of them gather off Whyalla in South Australia in a mass spawning event – the only place in the world where such ...
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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 ...