In an amazing show of self-control, cuttlefish can resist the impulse to eat a morsel of food if it means getting to eat two morsels later on, a new study shows. In experiments, the marine molluscs passed a variation of the ‘marshmallow test’ – originally used in the 1970s to measure a child’s ability to … Read more
Over seven long minutes Boris Johnson and Sir Keir Starmer went at each other – and how. Gnawing, jabbing, poking one another. Peck, peck, peck. Nip, nip, nip. It was like watching two budgies squabbling over the last crumb of cuttlefish. For the second week in a row at PMQs the pair were immersed in … Read more
Brits are being urged not to eat cuttlefish as populations of the mollusc in UK waters have sunk to perilously low levels. The enigmatic marine creatures have joined the Marine Conservation Society’s ‘fish to avoid’ list after a steep decline in populations in the English Channel in 10 years. Between 2008 and 2017, catches of … Read more