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[โ€“] NakariLexfortaine@lemm.ee 66 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

That is either a very strange mating ritual, or that cuttlefish is a narcissist.

[โ€“] superkret@feddit.org 111 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Cuttlefish encounter other cuttlefish so rarely, it's always a good idea to squeeze one out just in case it happens to be a female.

[โ€“] NakariLexfortaine@lemm.ee 52 points 3 weeks ago

That makes a weird kind of sense. It was moreso the sixteen minutes that threw me, all I could picture was two of them having a staring contest for 16 minutes and then suddenly sperm and eggs everywhere.

[โ€“] Slab_Bulkhead@lemmy.world 49 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[โ€“] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 29 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
[โ€“] NielsBohron@lemmy.world 29 points 3 weeks ago

"Would you fuck me? I'd fuck me"

[โ€“] RandomStickman@fedia.io 19 points 3 weeks ago

Squid fucks weird