This male octopus poisons the female during mating to avoid being eaten
Male blue-lined octopuses inject a powerful neurotoxin into the hearts of females before mating to avoid being eaten, ...
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Male octopus injects female with venom during sex to avoid being eaten
Some male octopuses tend to get eaten by their sexual partners, but male blue-lined octopuses avoid this fate with help from ...
Highly venomous male octopuses poison females before sex — to avoid being eaten after mating, scientists say
Scientists have discovered that mating, male blue-lined octopuses will inject a powerful, incapacitating neurotoxin into the hearts of female octopuses — to avoid being eaten by them when the sea deed ...
Octopuses Use Venom for Safe Sex, Biologists Reveal
"Mating ended when the females regained control of their arms and pushed the males off," the researchers noted.
Male octopus poisons its mate to avoid becoming post-sex snack
While unfortunate for the males, becoming a post-sex meal offers the females vital nutrients needed to sustain themselves and ...
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Revealed: the toxic sex life of the blue-lined octopus
Male blue-lined octopuses inject females with venom to paralyse them before mating and avoid being eaten after sex.
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Octopus farming in NC? A bill was filed banning it
A leading environmental voice in the North Carolina House has introduced a bill to outlaw octopus farming for human ...
Male octopuses paralyse partners with venom during sex to avoid being eaten, scientists find
Scientists have found that male blue-lined octopuses inject venom and paralyse females during sex to avoid being killed and ...
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Male octopuses paralyse partners with venom during sex to avoid being eaten, scientists find
The male octopus of this species precisely injects a dose of its deadly tetrodotoxin venom into the females to immobilise them during copulation, say researchers at the University of Queensland.