Study reveals first recording of cuttlefish fighting over a mate in the wild
Tuesday, May 2, 2017 - 12:21
in Paleontology & Archaeology
On a research dive in 2011 off the Aegean Sea coast of the fishing village Çe?mealt?, Turkey, a lucky pair of graduate students bore accidental witness to a phenomenon scientists have otherwise only ever seen in the lab: the theater and violence of male cuttlefish competing for a mate.