Male octopus injects female with venom

Highly venomous male octopuses poison females before sex — to avoid being eaten after mating, scientists say
It’s an octopus-eat-octopus world. Scientists have discovered that mating, male blue-lined octopuses will inject a powerful, incapacitating neurotoxin into the hearts of female octopuses — to avoid being eaten by them when the sea deed is done.
This male octopus poisons the female during mating to avoid being eaten
Male blue-lined octopuses inject a powerful neurotoxin into the hearts of females before mating to avoid being eaten, according to a new study.
Male octopus poisons its mate to avoid becoming post-sex snack
While unfortunate for the males, becoming a post-sex meal offers the females vital nutrients needed to sustain themselves and their soon-to-be hundreds of gestating offspring. This practice is especially common in animals exhibiting female sexual dimorphism,
Male octopus injects female with venom during sex to avoid being eaten
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
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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 females.
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"Mating ended when the females regained control of their arms and pushed the males off," the researchers noted.
Revealed: the toxic sex life of the blue-lined octopus
Male blue-lined octopuses inject females with venom to paralyse them before mating and avoid being eaten after sex.
Male Blue-lined Octopuses Use Venom To Stop Sexual Partners Eating Them
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 females would be counterproductive,
Male octopuses paralyse partners with venom during sex to avoid being eaten, scientists find
Scientists have found that male blue-lined octopuses inject venom and paralyse females during sex to avoid being killed and cannibalised by their much larger partners. The male octopus of this species precisely injects a dose of its deadly tetrodotoxin venom into the females to immobilise them during copulation,
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