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

The males have evolved to use a venom called tetrodotoxin (TTX) to immobilize females, which are normally around twice their size and commonly eat their sexual partners, study lead author Wen-Sung ...

Blue-lined octopuses are from a group of venomous octopuses that look plain in color until they are threatened, at which time their bodies flare with electric blue lines to ward off potential threats, ...

The small cephalopods use the venom to protect themselves and kill their ... Females are much larger than males, and after copulation, females often eat their partners. But males have evolved ...

Male blue-lined octopi (Hapalochlaena fasciata) have been found to use venom on their sexual partners ... she needs the protein now she is eating for hundreds. In some species, the males appear ...

The irascible Venom loves animals, eating brains and letting the music move him (in the second installment, they hit up a rave; in this one, it’s a choreographed disco dance in a Vegas penthouse).

The venom from one of the previously known spitting scorpions, the southern African Parabuthus transvaalicus, is known to cause temporary blindness in humans if the sprays hit the eyes.

In other groups of snakes, the teeth can be solid or have a deep groove that acts as a channel for venom. The shape of the fangs varies depending on what the snake prefers eating. Some cobras can also ...