Family bought pet octopus for nine-year-old son that went on to destroy their home
Nine-year-old Cal Clifford from Edmond, Oklahoma got Terrance the octopus on his ninth birthday, but the family got a ...
Highly venomous male octopuses poison females before sex — to avoid being eaten after mating, scientists say
Scientists have discovered that mating, male blue-lined octopuses will inject a powerful, incapacitating neurotoxin into the ...
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, ...
Octopuses Use Venom for Safe Sex, Biologists Reveal
"Mating ended when the females regained control of their arms and pushed the males off," the researchers noted.
The Clifford family went viral last year after revealing they'd bought a pet octopus
The Clifford family shared a sad update about the family octopus Terrance, after the adopted sea creature for their nine-year ...
Are octopuses smarter than pigs? Should we eat them? Oregon bill to ban octopus farms stirs controversy
The bill has drawn enormous public support but also raised fundamental questions about the intelligence of all the animals Oregonians eat.