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Highly venomous male octopuses poison females before sex — to avoid being eaten after mating, scientists say
It’s an octopus-eat-octopus world. Scientists have discovered that when mating, male blue-lined octopuses will inject a powerful, incapacitating neurotoxin into the hearts of female octopuses ...
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The Americas Explained: The Secret Lives of the 9-Brained Giant Pacific Octopus
The Americas explores the life and death of the giant Pacific octopus. If you know where and how to look, you can find the ...
‘I am really scared’ – Former Man Utd star Jesse Lingard filmed eating LIVE octopus as it wriggles on his plate
JESSE LINGARD ate a live octopus while filming his latest YouTube video. The former Manchester United star has embraced life ...
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This male octopus poisons the female during mating to avoid being eaten
Sexual cannibalism is common in cephalopods such as octopuses, as well as in other animals such as spiders and mantises, he said. Chung added that eating their partner helps female octopuses to ...
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Male octopus poisons its mate to avoid becoming post-sex snack
Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. While the bite from a venomous blue-lined octopus (Hapalochlaena fasciata) can result in a painful, potentially life-or-death ...
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Sea geniuses: all the ways that octopuses are wildly intelligent
Octopuses are cephalopods that live in oceans around the world. They are also some of the most intelligent creatures on Earth. Their brain structures vary depending on where they live. For example ...