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, ...
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Male octopus poisons its mate to avoid becoming post-sex snack

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Octopuses use their arms to sense and respond to microbiomes on the seafloor

By Pepper St. Clair From the beginning of life on Earth, microbes, small but influential single-celled organisms, have shaped ...
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Octopuses rewire their brains to adapt to seasonal temperature shifts

Octopuses don't thermoregulate, so their powerful brains are exposed to -- and potentially threatened by -- changes in temperature. Researchers report that two-spot octopuses adapt to seasonal ...