Scientists have discovered that when mating, male blue-lined octopuses will inject a powerful, incapacitating neurotoxin into ...

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

Blue-lined octopuses are from a group of venomous octopuses that look plain in color until they are threatened, at which time their bodies flare with electric blue lines to ward off potential threats, ...

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Male blue-lined octopi (Hapalochlaena fasciata) have been found to use venom on their sexual partners ... she needs the protein now she is eating for hundreds. In some species, the males appear ...

Because the females of the species tend to be twice the size of the males—and prone to eating their lovers if ... Getty Images The venom used by the blue-lined octopus is "tetrodotoxin ...

The small cephalopods use the venom to protect themselves and kill their ... Females are much larger than males, and after copulation, females often eat their partners. But males have evolved ...

The venom can affect various parts of the prey’s body ... And a number of species only eat bird eggs, swallowing them whole, then using structures on their spines to crush them so they can be digested ...

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The males have evolved to use a venom called tetrodotoxin (TTX) to immobilize females, which are normally around twice their size and commonly eat their sexual partners, study lead author Wen-Sung ...