Cuttlefish use polarized light to create a dramatic mating display invisible to humans

Many organisms leverage showy colors for attracting mates. Because color is a property of light (determined by its wavelength ...

A New Way to Flirt: Dazzle Potential Mates With Patterns Invisible to Humans

Cuttlefish attract prospective sexual partners by creating a pattern on their skin, based on the orientation of light waves.
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Cuttlefish Literally Twist Light to Attract a Mate, Study Finds

Every critter on this planet that relies on a sexual means of reproduction has its own way of luring in a mate – but ...
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)

Transmission through muscle tissue shapes polarization signals during cuttlefish courtship

Flamboyant sexual ornaments serve as conspicuous visual signals optimized to the visual receptors and perception of potential mates. While ...
The Conversation

The giant cuttlefish’s technicolour mating display is globally unique. The SA algal bloom could kill them all

Zoe Doubleday receives funding from the Australian Research Council and is affiliated with the University of South Australia. She is also a Director of the Southern Ocean Discovery Centre and Board ...
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Strange facts about cuttlefish most people don’t know

Cuttlefish look like something from another planet with their weird W-shaped pupils and tentacles, but the truly bizarre ...