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The males have evolved to use a venom called tetrodotoxin (TTX) to immobilize females, which are normally around twice their ...

Animals have evolved many different ways of protecting themselves, from prickly quills and razor-sharp teeth to clever camouflage and sturdy shells. Now, scientists have discovered a surprising new ...

Now, researchers studying the octopuses have learned that not only do male blue-lined octopuses use their venom against enemies, but also against members of their own species — cannibalistic females.

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Invasive Asian hornets eating 1,400 native insect species in Europe In the lab, video analysis of the scorpion revealed that it was indeed spraying drops of its venom. But researchers suspect the ...

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 ...

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The centre is home to about 150 of the world’s deadliest snakes, whose venom is regularly extracted through “milking”. Surprising as it may seem, the lethal compounds in snake venom are ...