January 24, 2005

Dude looks like a lady.

Posted by apostropher

I'm a transvestite cuttlefish and I'll be your back door cephalopod. I eat more chicken than any man ever seen.

cuttlefish in drag

Cuttlefish may be the most talented quick-change artists in the animal kingdom. Single males can adopt a sophisticated feminine disguise to help them get near females that are guarded by large males. Now researchers have proved that the mimics, who can change their appearance instantaneously, are successfully mating with such females.

Each year, during the winter, thousands of giant Australian cuttlefish (Sepia apama) gather on the southern coast of the continent to mate. The competition between males for the females is intense. On average, four males fight over each female, but the ratio can be as high as eleven to one. The winner of each challenge, usually a large male, guards his mate closely. But smaller males still manage to secure about a third of all matings. There is a range of tactics from which a 'sneaker' male can choose. The options include waiting until the consort male is busy fending off a challenge; meeting his mate under a rock as she prepares to lay an egg; and disguising oneself as an female.

In order to appear female, the male mimic must change color, hide some of his arms, and change the shape of the others. Marine biologists at Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory watched five mimics off the coast off Australia and recorded 62 cross-dressing approaches, of which 30 were successful at deceiving the guardian male. DNA fingerprinting showed two of the mimics managed to impregnate a female.

The story includes a link to video of the hot gender-bending action, but I couldn't really make much sense of what was happening. Still, free cuttlefish fetish porn.

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Comments
1

Makes that den-of-sin "pineapple under the sea" look pretty tame, now, doesn't it?

Posted by: Rob at January 24, 2005 09:39 PM
2

Apparently, some cuttlefish think that movie "Sorority Boys" (2002) is funny. Truly, nothing is too perverse for Mother Nature.

Posted by: The Editors at January 25, 2005 06:28 AM
3

I had some friends in college who seemed to get dates that way.

Posted by: cw at January 25, 2005 11:58 AM
4

are you possibly aware of the correlation between tech geeks and a love of cephalopods?? its mind bogglingly (??) factual...

Posted by: pea_girl at April 14, 2005 10:42 AM
5

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Posted by: cuttlefish bob at February 2, 2006 11:33 AM
6

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Posted by: cuttlefish bob at February 2, 2006 11:42 AM
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