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3. Signaling Aggression 39<br />

A<br />

Darkness of face (pixel darkness)<br />

220<br />

210<br />

200<br />

190<br />

180<br />

170<br />

160<br />

4<br />

Non-escalated encounter<br />

6 8 10 12 14 16<br />

C<br />

B<br />

Darkness of face (pixel darkness)<br />

220<br />

210<br />

200<br />

190<br />

180<br />

170<br />

160<br />

4<br />

Escalated encounter<br />

6 8 10 12 14 16<br />

Time (s)<br />

D<br />

Percentage of losing males<br />

100<br />

80<br />

60<br />

40<br />

20<br />

0<br />

Intense<br />

Zebra<br />

Extended<br />

4th arm<br />

Winners<br />

Losers<br />

First encounter<br />

Second encounter (no copulation)<br />

Second encounter (after copulation)<br />

Figure 3.3. Cuttlefish signal intent to escalate a fight with a dark face component to their Intense<br />

Zebra Display. (A, B) Differences in facial darkness during a non-escalated versus<br />

escalated encounter. (C) Two males in Intense Zebra Display with different degrees of<br />

facial darkness. (D) When males that lost a fight copulated with a female, they became<br />

more aggressive in the successive fight. From Adamo and Hanlon (1996).<br />

bluffed (i.e., gave a dark-faced Intense Zebra Display but had little fighting<br />

motivation and/or ability) could withdraw at the next stage of agonistic behavior<br />

with little penalty.<br />

In the same study, the authors allowed losing males to copulate with a<br />

female after a bout, and retested them with the male each had lost to. The former<br />

losers increased facial darkness dramatically in those encounters, showed a longlasting<br />

Intense Zebra Display, and did not withdraw from an opponent<br />

(Fig. 3.3D), thus supporting the contention that facial darkness signals the<br />

animal’s motivational state (i.e., tendency to attack).

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