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Giant cuttlefish arriving early at Whyalla prompting hope of a tourist boom
Some giant cuttlefish have started to arrive weeks earlier than usual for their spectacular annual gathering at Whyalla on South Australia’s Spencer Gulf.
Key points:
- Hundreds of thousands of cuttlefish come to Whyalla every year to breed
- Some have already turned up, weeks earlier than usual
- It is the second cuttlefish aggregation since a fishing ban was lifted
The yearly breeding event, known as an aggregation, is a huge draw card for tourists, who scuba dive and snorkel among the gentle cephalopods.
“It’s really, really looking promising,” commercial diver Tony Bramley said.
“We’re all excited about that, because … with the huge number of animals that turned up last year we also had the best season for tourism that we ever had.”
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