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![Two California market squids mate in the waters off of California's Channel Islands.](/web/20230218225007im_/https://ocean.si.edu/sites/default/files/styles/topic_main_image/public/loligo_squid_%28c%29BrianSkerry.jpg.webp?itok=fKqGOsDg)
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While spawning, the male market squid's arms blush red as he embraces the female, a warning to other competing males to back-off.
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