Cuttlefish change their stripes to look male on one side, female on the other

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Cuttlefish change their stripes to look male on one side, female on the other
Talk about showing your feminine side. On one flank, a courting male cuttlefish looks like a normal male of his species, with tigerlike stripes extending horizontally down his body. But on the other, he resembles a female, displaying marbled browns and whites. He needs the male pattern to attract the female, while the female motif keeps competing males from fighting him.

Source: Washington Post
Posted on: Tuesday, Jul 10, 2012, 8:54am
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