#spearsquid — Public Fediverse posts
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#Squids' birthday influences mating https://phys.org/news/2024-04-squids-birthday-male-spear-shown.html
#Squid male alternative reproductive tactics are determined by birth date https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2024.0156
"#SpearSquid that hatch earlier in the season become 'consorts' that fight for mating opportunities. Those that hatch later become 'sneakers,' which use more clandestine mating tactics... once a mating tactic had been determined by their birth date, they stuck with it."