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) … ...

Officials at the zoo in Baltimore announced on Monday the birth of a male Blue duiker named Marigold. He was born April 2 to Flower and Kuruka.

The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore has announced the birth of a male blue duiker calf, born on April 2 to parents Flower and Kuruka.The zoo's mammal curator, Erin C ...

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 ...

A male blue-lined octopus (Hapalochlaena fasciata) showing its iconic aposematic colouration.. Image credit: Dr Wen-Sung Chung, UQ It may explain why the venom gland in the male blue-lined octopus is ...

To Avoid Becoming a Meal, These Male Octopuses Sedate Their Mates Learn more about the mating of blue-lined octopuses — a treacherous ordeal involving sex, cannibalism, and sedation.

Male blue-lined octopus uses venom to survive mating with larger females Mating strategies in nature reveal the surprising adaptations among male species to ensure survival.

These Male Octopuses Use Venom to Subdue Female Mates—and Avoid Being Eaten After Sex Scientists observed male blue-lined octopuses injecting tetrodotoxin into females, which rendered them ...

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 venomous blue-lined octopus is one of many species that engages in sexual cannibalism.