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Courting Cuttlefish
Courting Cuttlefish
This picture of two cuttlefish was shot off the coast of Wyallah, South Australia during the Giant Cuttlefish mating season. The two males were strobing and flashing their colours in order to win the affections of the small female (seen to
the right of picture). Equipment: Olympus C770 with PT-022 Housing.
Photocomp November '07 - Novice
Contributed by MirandaG
2007-11-25
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Whyalla - Cuttlefish Mating Mecca and More
by SeannaC
- A four-hour drive west of Adelaide, Whyalla is a seaside mining town is known as the place “where the outback meets the sea”. To divers, Whyalla is known as Australia’s Cuttlefish Mecca. Each winter thousands of Australian Giant Cuttlefish (Sepia apama) gather in the shallow waters around Whyalla to mate.
