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 ...
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Some Octopuses Hunt With Packs Of Fish — And Punch Those That Don’t Cooperate
A group of researchers recently made a surprising discovery while studying videos they captured of octopuses hunting off the coast of Israel. The 120 hours of footage they shot revealed that the big ...
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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 ...
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 ...
Large parasites found protruding from fish’s head in South Atlantic. ‘The horror’
The grisly discovery was made Sunday, March 2, as a team working with the Schmidt Ocean Institute explored waters 1,600 feet ...
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Are octopuses smarter than pigs? Should we eat them? Oregon bill to ban octopus farms stirs controversy
And how resource intensive is it to produce a pound of octopus versus chicken, pork, beef or fish? HB 2557 also has sparked conversations about cultural bias against the octopus as a food source ...