Crafty cuttlefish mimics male and female – at the same time Male cuttlefish try to avoid fighting other males over mating rights, and new research from Macquarie University in Sydney has revealed the trick one species can play to look harmless: it can imitate male and female simultaneously. Changing colours and patterns is well-known among sea creatures like cuttlefish, squid and …
Doesn't seem to interest live ones much either. My budgie largely ignores his although he does occasionally give it a bit of a gnaw. It's supposed to be keeping his beak trimmed but either he's not using it enough or (more likely I think) bone is just not hard enough to do the job.
His only significant use for it is when travelling he likes to stand on it. Quite why is a mystery. It's not the highest point in his cage and the edges are a bit sharp so probably not very comfortable. Personally I think he does it mainly because he's a pillock :)
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