Now, scientists have discovered a surprising new technique that appears to be a defense mechanism: Some male octopuses use venom to avoid being eaten by their female mates. Researchers reported ...

Male blue-lined octopuses inject females with venom during mating to avoid being eaten by their partners, observations suggest 1. Blue-lined octopuses (Hapalochlaena fasciata) have paralysing ...

Scientists have found that male blue-lined octopuses inject venom and paralyse females during sex to avoid being killed and cannibalised by their much larger partners. The male octopus of this ...

Male blue-lined octopi (Hapalochlaena fasciata) have been found to use venom on their sexual partners, as well as for the usual reasons of defense against predators and subduing prey. Killing the ...

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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.

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During mating, some male octopuses inject females with their potent venom to paralyse them – and avoid being eaten by their ...

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