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Title: Mating Cuttlefish. Devon, UK.
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Mating cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis). This photo, taken during the spring breeding season shows the male (on the left) transfering sperm to the female (right) which is done when he wraps his arms around her face and deposits a sac of his sperm into her spermatheca, a pouch beneath her mouth. Babbacombe Bay, Devon, England, British Isles. English Channel.
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