Quick Change Artists
Macho Males
When thousands of Giant cuttlefish,
Sepia apama, congregate in the waters of South Australia to
breed, male rivals display their bravado with striped body patterns.
They can maintain these zebra stripes for hours and seem to wear
them like war paint to intimidate challengers. Big males, stretching
well over three and a half feet long, indeed look menacing even to
human divers.