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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 ...
Male octopus poisons its mate to avoid becoming post-sex snack
While unfortunate for the males, becoming a post-sex meal offers the females vital nutrients needed to sustain themselves and ...
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Sex and survival: Male octopuses inject venom into females to avoid being eaten alive
Male blue-lined octopuses inject females with venom during mating to avoid being eaten, temporarily paralyzing their partners ...
Male octopuses paralyse partners with venom during sex to avoid being eaten, scientists find
Male octopuses paralyse partners with venom during sex to avoid being eaten, scientists find - Octopus uses symbiotic ...
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To mate, this octopus gives life and limb
As his last act, the small but mighty paterfamilias gives an arm and a life to the cause of reproduction. This species of octopus is also known as the paper nautilus (the shell it builds to hold ...
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Blanket Octopus
Blanket octopus pairs are some of the undersea world’s oddest couples. What’s so startling is the size difference: Males are about the size of a walnut—less than an inch long—but some ...
Electric blue octopuses use potent venom to get females to mate — and not eat them
Now, researchers studying the octopuses have learned that not only do male blue-lined octopuses use their venom against enemies, but also against members of their own species — cannibalistic females.