Help Needed On Underwater Sex Life - "Cross-dressing Cuttlefish"

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THE sexual antics of "cross-dressing" cuttlefish will be scrutinised in a study off South Australia's coast.

Adelaide researchers want the public's help in locating populations of cuttlefish so they can study their sexual habits.

Cuttlefish, often found in huge populations in waters off Whyalla on SA's Eyre Peninsula, attracted tourists to that area to witness their "crazy" mating behaviour, SA Museum researcher Dr Bronwyn Gillanders said.

She said small male cuttlefish tricked larger males by "cross-dressing" so they could mate with females.

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