Male blue-lined octopuses inject females with venom to paralyse them before mating and avoid being eaten after sex. Both male and female blue-lined octopuses produce a powerful neurotoxin called ...

Male blue-lined octopi (Hapalochlaena fasciata) have been found to use venom on their sexual partners, as well as for the usual reasons of defense against predators and subduing prey. Killing the ...

While the bite from a venomous blue-lined octopus (Hapalochlaena fasciata) can result in a painful, potentially life-or-death emergency for humans, new research indicates it’s part of everyday ...

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 ...

Male blue-lined octopuses inject a powerful neurotoxin into the hearts of females before mating to avoid being eaten, according to a new study. The males have evolved to use a venom called ...

Blue-lined octopuses are from a group of venomous octopuses that look plain in color until they are threatened, at which time their bodies flare with electric blue lines to ward off potential ...

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Scientists observed male blue-lined octopuses injecting tetrodotoxin into females, which rendered them immobile for mating Sarah Kuta Daily Correspondent When they're alarmed, blue-lined octopuses ...