Rapid taste aversion learning in adult cuttlefish, Sepia officinalis
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The selectivity in the predatory behavior of subadult and adult cuttlefish, Sepia officinalis, and the long-term effects of learning on subsequent food preferences are investigated. The analysis shows that cuttlefish were able to learn that a prey is not acceptable food, even if they usually prey on it, to recognize it and to avoid it for several days and as a result to eat a usually nonpreferred prey.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2004
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Behavioral and genetic assessment of reproductive success in a spawning aggregation of the Australian giant cuttlefish, Sepia apama
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The spawning aggregation of cuttlefish, Sepia apama that occurs in winter in Southern Australia provides a unique opportunity to study mating system and sexual selection in a natural cuttlefish population. The genetic and behavioral data was combined to assess patterns of mating and subsequent paternity in a cephalopod.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2004
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Early familiarization overrides innate prey preference in newly hatched Sepia officinalis cuttlefish
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The selection of a particular prey by the cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) after being previously exposed to it is discussed.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2006
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