# Australia’s giant cuttlefish breeding spectacle suffers a 97% collapse

https://mins.news/en/item/37323

- BBC Chinese, 2026-08-30 06:45 UTC
- Science
- Original: https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/articles/c62ewvv46v6o/trad?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Only 1,811 giant Australian cuttlefish were recorded at South Australia’s Cuttlefish Coast this breeding season, down 97% from last year’s 63,000. Just 440 eggs were counted. A toxic algal bloom lasting more than 18 months may be contributing, though researchers have not established whether it caused the decline or is one factor among several.

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