Male blue-lined octopuses inject a powerful neurotoxin into the hearts of females before mating to avoid being eaten, ...
Male blue-lined octopuses inject females with venom to paralyse them before mating and avoid being eaten after sex.
Learn more about the mating of blue-lined octopuses — a treacherous ordeal involving sex, cannibalism, and sedation.
In the perilous world of cephalopod romance, male blue-lined octopuses have evolved a shocking strategy to survive mating.
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