In the section "Investigating Life: The 'Cross-Dressers' of the Reef",when a female cuttlefish accepts a male's mating attempt,the two animals align head-to-head,and he inserts a sperm packet into a pouch near her mouth.This is an example of

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In this scenario, the male cuttlefish is inserting a sperm packet into a pouch near the female's mouth, indicating that fertilization is taking place internally. This is known as sexual internal fertilization. Asexual fertilization involves only one parent and external fertilization involves the release of gametes into the external environment, which is not the case here. Hermaphroditic fertilization involves an organism that has both male and female reproductive organs, but that is not the case for the cuttlefish in this situation.

In the Section "Investigating Life: the 'Cross-Dressers' of the Reef",when