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

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

Scientists observed male blue-lined octopuses injecting tetrodotoxin into females, which rendered them immobile for mating ...

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

A team of neurologists, environmentalists and bioengineers at the University of Queensland, in Australia, has found that male ...

Scientists have found that male blue-lined octopuses inject venom and paralyse females during sex to avoid being killed and ...

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

While unfortunate for the males, becoming a post-sex meal offers the females vital nutrients needed to sustain themselves and ...

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

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