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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 ...
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Frilled Pygmy Octopus Hitches Ride on Divers Fin in Rare Sighting
A frilled pygmy octopus hitched a ride on a diver’s fin in Port Phillip Bay, off the coast of Portsea, Victoria, with the encounter marking only the second time the species has been observed in the ...
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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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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This male octopus poisons the female during mating to avoid being eaten
But while other octopus species have evolved longer mating arms that allow them to maintain a safe distance during copulation and avoid this fate, blue-lined octopuses have a comparatively short ...
Oxford professor identifies potential successor to humans on Earth: “A civilization-building species”
An Oxford academic has theorized about what might happen if humans were to go extinct and reveals which species could take ...
Highly venomous male octopuses poison females before sex — to avoid being eaten after mating, scientists say
Scientists have discovered that when mating, male blue-lined octopuses will inject a powerful, incapacitating neurotoxin into ...
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Octopus farming in North Carolina could get banned under proposed bill
A leading environmental voice in the North Carolina House has introduced a bill to outlaw octopus farming for human ...
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Washington Hikers Amazed After Finding Giant Octopus Near Local Trail
This group of friends wasn't expecting an encounter with one of the world's largest octopus species while enjoying a short ...
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This male octopus poisons the female during mating to avoid being eaten
(CNN) — Male blue-lined octopuses inject a powerful neurotoxin into the hearts of females before mating to avoid being eaten, according to a new study. The males have evolved to use a venom ...