BALTIMORE, MD. (WHTM) — The Maryland Zoo just announced the birth of a male Blue Duiker. According to the Maryland Zoo, the male Blue Duiker was born on Wednesday, April 2 to Flower (female) … ...

BALTIMORE — The Maryland Zoo's family grew a bit bigger Monday. Officials at the zoo in Baltimore announced on Monday the birth of a male Blue duiker on April 2 to Flower and Kuruka.

Blue duikers, native to the forests of Africa, are small antelopes, with adults weighing between 7 to 20 pounds. The new calf currently weighs about 718 grams, or roughly one and a half pounds.

Mar 18, 2025 07:00:00 Male blue-ringed octopuses inject venom during mating to prevent themselves from being eaten by females. by Klaus Stiefel The Blue-lined Octopus is a species of octopus ...

Before mating, male blue-lined octopuses poison female octopuses to avoid being eaten. Wen-Sung Chung/University of Queensland But now, research reveals, males have evolved to use a venom called ...

The blue-lined octopus mating pair: the male mounted on the female has dark colouration, while the female – in an asphyxia-like state – has lost colour. Image credit: Dr Wen-Sung Chung, UQ Different ...

The venom of the male blue-lined octopus is made for its predators, its prey, and, apparently, its mating partners. That’s what researchers from the University of Queensland in Australia found after ...

Male Springbok mantises increased their chances of successful mating by overpowering females in combat. In fights, 7% resulted in a draw, while 35% were won by females, leading to the males being ...

Since male blue-lined octopuses mate just once in their lifetimes, it’s not entirely clear what they stand to gain, evolutionarily speaking, by using the toxin to avoid being eaten.

Male blue-lined octopuses inject females with venom during mating to avoid being eaten by their partners, observations suggest 1. Blue-lined octopuses (Hapalochlaena fasciata) have paralysing ...

A team of neurologists, environmentalists and bioengineers at the University of Queensland, in Australia, has found that male blue-lined octopuses paralyze females prior to mating to avoid being ...

The new findings are documented in a study published on March 10 in the journal Current Biology. In laboratory observations, a team found that male blue-lined octopuses will bite their chosen mate ...