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

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

The small blue ring octopus is extremely venomous, with toxin 1,200 times more powerful than cyanide. Its bite can swiftly ...

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

In the perilous world of cephalopod romance, male blue-lined octopuses have evolved a shocking strategy to survive mating.

Male blue-lined octopuses inject females with venom during mating to avoid being eaten, temporarily paralyzing their partners ...

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

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 venom ...

However, octopuses, cuttlefish and squid remain an untapped resource. Fry now says that their venom may represent a unique class of compounds. For the study, his team obtained tissue samples from ...

One of the peculiarities of blue-ringed octopus venom – potentially 1000 times more toxic than cyanide – is that it leaves victims conscious as they suffocate. The octopus hit Kalman with so ...

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