To Avoid Becoming a Meal, These Male Octopuses Sedate Their Mates Learn more about the mating of blue-lined octopuses — a treacherous ordeal involving sex, cannibalism, and sedation.

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Male octopus poisons its mate to avoid becoming post-sex snack While the bite from a venomous blue-lined octopus (Hapalochlaena fasciata) can result in a painful, potentially life-or-death emergency for humans, new research indicates it’s part of everyday courtship...

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Unlikely allies: Octopuses cooperate with fish to catch prey Octopuses and fish coordinate hunting, forming a partnership that challenges traditional views on animal intelligence and cooperation.

Unlikely allies: Octopuses cooperate with fish to catch prey: Octopuses and fish coordinate hunting, forming a partnership that challenges traditional views on animal intelligence and cooperation

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