The small blue ring octopus is extremely venomous, with toxin 1,200 times more powerful than cyanide. Its bite can swiftly ...

While unfortunate for the males, becoming a post-sex meal offers the females vital nutrients needed to sustain themselves and ...

Now, researchers studying the octopuses have learned that not only do male blue-lined octopuses use their venom against ...

Male blue-lined octopuses inject a powerful neurotoxin into the hearts of females before mating to avoid being eaten, ...

"Mating ended when the females regained control of their arms and pushed the males off," the researchers noted.

The octopus hit Kalman with so much venom he was wracked with another three bouts of paralysis in the week after the bite. One expert says encounters between the deadly creatures and people seem ...

Scientists have found that male blue-lined octopuses inject venom and paralyse females during sex to avoid being killed and ...

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The toxin is stored in their salivary glands, and packs a potentially deadly punch when the octopus takes a bite. Now, researchers studying the octopuses have learned that not only do male blue ...