He\u2019s on the hunt for a breeding mate.<\/p>\n
Iridescent waves of chromatophore colour ripple from head to tail.
\nTenticles outstretch ready to caress or to fight.<\/p>\n
He\u2019s beautiful and he knows it and nothing will stop him from getting what he wants,
\n\u2026 except perhaps the hundreds of other males around him with the same intent.<\/p>\n
He probably will get what he wants but it will cost him. <\/p>\n
If he is still alive by the end of the cuttlefish breeding season he\u2019ll be left a ragged spectre of his former glorious self, <\/p>\n
\u2026 but happy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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