Male blue-lined octopuses inject a powerful neurotoxin into the hearts of females before mating to avoid being eaten, ...

Animals have evolved many different ways of protecting themselves, from prickly quills and razor-sharp teeth to clever ...

Some male octopuses tend to get eaten by their sexual partners, but male blue-lined octopuses avoid this fate with help from ...

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 ...

"Mating ended when the females regained control of their arms and pushed the males off," the researchers noted.

Male octopuses paralyse partners with venom during sex to avoid being eaten, scientists find - Octopus uses symbiotic ...

Now, researchers studying the octopuses have learned that not only do male blue-lined octopuses use their venom against ...

Male blue-lined octopi (Hapalochlaena fasciata) have been found to use venom on their sexual partners, as well as for the ...

Male blue-lined octopuses inject females with venom to paralyse them before mating and avoid being eaten after sex.

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 called ...