Published on: 2025-06-14 23:56:26
Some male octopuses tend to get eaten by their sexual partners, but male blue-lined octopuses avoid this fate with help from one of nature’s most potent venoms A male blue-lined octopus mounts a female during mating and injects venom into her body WEN-SUNG CHUNG During mating, some male octopuses inject females with their potent venom to paralyse them – and avoid being eaten by their mates. Typically, animals use venom to kill prey or defend themselves from predators. Some species of pufferfi
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