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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.
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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 ...
The pupils also constricted ... suggesting they are resistant to the deadly venom. They did however show signs of injury, including humps and open wounds at the site of bite.
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