Highly venomous male octopuses poison females before sex — to avoid being eaten after mating, scientists say
Scientists have discovered that when mating, male blue-lined octopuses will inject a powerful, incapacitating neurotoxin into ...
This male octopus poisons the female during mating to avoid being eaten
Male blue-lined octopuses inject a powerful neurotoxin into the hearts of females before mating to avoid being eaten, ...
8 animals who eat their own babies
Mother hamsters have been known to eat their own young, especially if they feel threatened or if the babies are weak or deformed. Female black widows might eat their own egg sacs if stressed, hungry, ...
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It’s a Bear-Eat-Bear World: Understanding Cannibalism in the Largest Land Carnivores
Bears have been known to turn to cannibalism as a food resource. But in a recently released review, an international team of researchers write that many described documented instances are acts of ...
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How baby animals survive by eating each other, or their mother
Cannibalizing the same species is a common behavior in the animal world. A zoologist at the Natural History Museum and author of "Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History", Bill Schutt ...
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Venomous love: These male octopuses inject venom into females so they can escape being eaten
In the perilous world of cephalopod romance, male blue-lined octopuses have evolved a shocking strategy to survive mating.
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Armie Hammer admits taking ‘a bite out of’ an animal’s heart — but denies cannibalism allegations
Armie Hammer admitted to biting an animal’s heart during a hunting trip while denying that he was a cannibal. On Tuesday’s episode of “The Louis Theroux Podcast,” the “Call Me By Your ...
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Armie Hammer Ate An Animal's Heart But Denies Cannibalism
Armie Hammer is sticking to his word that he is not a cannibal ... but he is copping to eating a freshly killed animal's heart while on a hunting trip with his pals. The "Social Network" actor set ...
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Armie Hammer Confirms He Bit the Heart of Living Animal—But Denies Cannibalism Allegations
Four years after the Call Me By Your Name star was accused of being a cannibal, which he has denied on multiple occasions, he addressed why he took a bite out of an animal's "warm" heart during a ...