Male octopus injects female with venom
Male blue-lined octopuses inject females with venom to paralyse them before mating and avoid being eaten after sex.
So much so that they may be Earth's next big species if ours ends up going the way of the dinosaurs. While an octopus-dominated future may seem "improbable" at the moment, it "wouldn’t be the ...
To do so, they sorted through previously collected octopus genomic data. In another species of octopus, the researchers found another example of the half-sized chromosome. Then, they found it in ...
But indeed, that’s the blue-ringed octopus, one of several shallow-dwelling species harboring a neurotoxin in its saliva with the capability of paralyzing muscles – an effect that could, if left ...
Off the coast of Costa Rica, scientists found four new species of octopuses. "Finding four new species of octopuses on just two expeditions is exciting, revealing some of the rich biodiversity ...
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