Japanese octopuses «get» females drunk so they don’t eat them during mating — video

News Science and space 03-25-2025 at 16:34 comment
Researchers from the Queensland Brain Institute have found that males blue-ringed octopus Hapalochlaena fasciata inject females with venom before mating to avoid being eaten.

«Ronaldo seemed fat»: a snake thought to be a male gave birth to 14 children through a «immaculate conception»

News Science and space 06-30-2024 at 14:17 comment
A rainbow boa constrictor (Epicrates cenchria), thought to be a male, gave birth to 14 hatchlings after almost a decade of isolation. The 13-year-old snake, named Ronaldo, had not been in contact with any other snake for at least nine years. Ronaldo was a rescued snake previously identified as a male by a veterinarian.

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