Chip Chick on MSN14 小时
These Male Octopuses Paralyze And Poison Females Before Mating To Avoid Being Eaten
To humans, the bite of a blue-line octopus can be life-threatening, but within its own species, it’s just a regular […] ...
This male octopus poisons the female during mating to avoid being eaten
Male blue-lined octopuses inject a powerful neurotoxin into the hearts of females before mating to avoid being eaten, ...
New Scientist on MSN3 天
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 ...
Octopuses Use Venom for Safe Sex, Biologists Reveal
"Mating ended when the females regained control of their arms and pushed the males off," the researchers noted.
New York Post2 天
Highly venomous male octopuses poison females before sex — to avoid being eaten after ...
It’s an octopus-eat-octopus world. Scientists have discovered that mating, male blue-lined octopuses will inject a powerful, incapacitating neurotoxin into the hearts of female octopuses — to ...
ZME Science on MSN4 天
Venomous love: These male octopuses inject venom into females so they can escape being eaten
In the perilous world of cephalopod romance, male blue-lined octopuses have evolved a shocking strategy to survive mating.
Male blue-lined octopuses paralyze females before mating to prevent being eaten
A team of neurologists, environmentalists and bioengineers at the University of Queensland, in Australia, has found that male ...
Nature6 天
Bad romance: male octopuses inject deadly venom into their mates
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 ...
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 ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN4 天
These Male Octopuses Use Venom to Subdue Female Mates—and Avoid Being Eaten After Sex
Scientists observed male blue-lined octopuses injecting tetrodotoxin into females, which rendered them immobile for mating ...
The Citizen23 小时
Watch: Rare encounter – Blanket octopus seen at Mossel Bay harbour
A photographer and videographer had a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to swim with a blanket octopus when he saw it in the ...
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 ...