Smithsonian Magazine on MSN1d
These Male Octopuses Use Venom to Subdue Female Mates—and Avoid Being Eaten After SexScientists observed male blue-lined octopuses injecting tetrodotoxin into females, which rendered them immobile for mating ...
ZME Science on MSN20h
Venomous love: These male octopuses inject venom into females so they can escape being eatenIn the perilous world of cephalopod romance, male blue-lined octopuses have evolved a shocking strategy to survive mating.
Male blue-lined octopuses inject females with venom to paralyse them before mating and avoid being eaten after sex.
Interesting Engineering on MSN1d
Sex and survival: Male octopuses inject venom into females to avoid being eaten aliveMale blue-lined octopuses inject females with venom during mating to avoid being eaten, temporarily paralyzing their partners ...
Discover Magazine on MSN14h
To Avoid Becoming a Meal, These Male Octopuses Sedate Their MatesLearn more about the mating of blue-lined octopuses - a treacherous ordeal involving sex, cannibalism, and sedation.
NASA's SphereX space telescope was successfully launched into space from California on March 11. SphereX lifted off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and will explore the origins of the universe.
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