Cuttlefish eat a wide range of food including crabs, fish and squid, depending on what is available. Despite such a generalised diet, they show strong food preferences.

The conventional wisdom has been that children who are able to delay gratification do better on tests and are more successful later in life. (There are of course many caveats when talking about the ...

Cuttlefish that were better at self-control also performed better on learning tests. ... But cuttlefish do not use tools or store food, and they are not a social species.

When cuttlefish know that shrimp - their favourite food - will be available in the evening, they eat fewer crabs during the day. This capacity to make decisions based on future expectations ...

Cuttlefish eat less for lunch if their favourite food is on the menu later, research finds ‘This is a very complex behaviour,’ study author says ...

Just to make sure the cuttlefish were shrimp aficionados, 29 were given a choice of crab and shrimp five times a day for five days by placing each food item an equal distance from the diner, who ...

A new study published this month outlined how cuttlefish can pass the "marshmallow test," a version of which was popularized in the viral TikTok patience snack challenge When it comes to food ...

Cuttlefish choose their daytime food based on the evening menu. With a love of shrimp, the cuttlefish will eat fewer crabs if they know their favourite treat is coming later.

Scientists have found evidence that cuttlefish, a rounder relative of squid and octopuses, can pass the so-called marshmallow test, a study originally used to research delayed gratification in humans.

Cuttlefish, with their blimp-shaped bodies and eight squiggly arms, don’t age like people do. Sexual maturity tends to come late for them—about three-quarters of the way through their two-year ...

Cuttlefish have shown that they can think ahead, ... But for cuttlefish, these physical feats in pursuit of food are not the whole story.

Cuttlefish can remember what, where, and when specific things happened - right up to their last few days of life, researchers have found. The results, published today in the journal Proceedings of ...