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Our paper is out from @pnas.org !
We found that cuttlefish use transparent muscle to produce polarized courtship signal.
Birefringence property of muscle makes the transmitted light highly conspicuous for cuttlefish polarization vision.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
We found that cuttlefish use transparent muscle to produce polarized courtship signal.
Birefringence property of muscle makes the transmitted light highly conspicuous for cuttlefish polarization vision.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
January 27, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Our paper is out from @pnas.org !
We found that cuttlefish use transparent muscle to produce polarized courtship signal.
Birefringence property of muscle makes the transmitted light highly conspicuous for cuttlefish polarization vision.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
We found that cuttlefish use transparent muscle to produce polarized courtship signal.
Birefringence property of muscle makes the transmitted light highly conspicuous for cuttlefish polarization vision.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
16.4T MRI of the blue-lined octopus
octopus brain study linked to doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
octopus venom gland sexual dimorphism linked to
doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
octopus brain study linked to doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
octopus venom gland sexual dimorphism linked to
doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
November 19, 2025 at 2:10 AM
16.4T MRI of the blue-lined octopus
octopus brain study linked to doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
octopus venom gland sexual dimorphism linked to
doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
octopus brain study linked to doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
octopus venom gland sexual dimorphism linked to
doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
Co-option of TTX for octopus reproduction. (DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2025.01.027)
November 18, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Co-option of TTX for octopus reproduction. (DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2025.01.027)
Reposted by Wensung Chung
Check out our most recent issue where we interview Wen-Sung Chung, who studies cephalopod neurobiology, ecology and diversity at the University of Queensland. www.cell.com/current-biol...
Wen-Sung Chung
Interview with Wen-Sung Chung, who studies cephalopod neurobiology, ecology and diversity
at the University of Queensland.
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August 22, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Check out our most recent issue where we interview Wen-Sung Chung, who studies cephalopod neurobiology, ecology and diversity at the University of Queensland. www.cell.com/current-biol...
Reposted by Wensung Chung
Male blue-lined octopuses inject females with venom during mating to avoid being eaten by their partners
https://go.nature.com/3R8vRym
https://go.nature.com/3R8vRym
Bad romance: male octopuses inject deadly venom into their mates
Nature - The paralysing toxin deployed by the male blue-lined octopus might help to protect him from being eaten.
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March 16, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Male blue-lined octopuses inject females with venom during mating to avoid being eaten by their partners
https://go.nature.com/3R8vRym
https://go.nature.com/3R8vRym
New pub @currentbiology.bsky.social Blue-lined octopus males envenomate females to facilitate copulation www.cell.com/current-biol...
Blue-lined octopus Hapalochlaena fasciata males envenomate females to facilitate copulation
Chun et al. show that in the blue-lined octopus Hapalochlaena fasciata males envenomate
females during copulation, most likely as a defense against being cannibalized.
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March 11, 2025 at 1:29 PM
New pub @currentbiology.bsky.social Blue-lined octopus males envenomate females to facilitate copulation www.cell.com/current-biol...