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the blue-lined octopus (Hapalochlaena fasciata), uses this same toxin during reproduction. Using behavioural experiments, the team observed how the male mounts the female and lands a targeted bite ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

And in the case of the male blue-lined octopus, his neurotoxin supply serves as a defensive mechanism against his mate. Sexual cannibalism is documented across a wide range of species ...

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 ...

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 ...

Now, researchers studying the octopuses have learned that not only do male blue-lined octopuses use their venom against enemies, but also against members of their own species — cannibalistic ...