Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/@raymondpert" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>raymondpert</span></a></span></p><p>don't just chop it up:</p><p>each segment will grow into a new <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hammerheadWorm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hammerheadWorm</span></a> 😬</p><p>the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tetrodotoxin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tetrodotoxin</span></a> (same neurotoxin in pufferfish) in hammerhead worms is a threat to your cats and dogs</p><p>and as R. Scott says, to you:</p><p>do *not* handle it</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>birds</span></a> tend to avoid them, but some species can eat it</p><p>the threat the hammerhead worms pose to birds' food sources is the greater concern</p><p>the current thinking is that birds will not be able to control the hammerhead worm invasion</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/invasiveSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>invasiveSpecies</span></a></p>
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earthling<p>Octopus mating involves a nasty sting</p><p>During mating, some male octopuses inject females with their potent venom to paralyse them – and avoid being eaten by their mates.</p><p>Source: New Scientist, 2025-03-15</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/octopuses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>octopuses</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mating</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tetrodotoxin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tetrodotoxin</span></a></p>
Scientific European<p>How Male Octopus Avoid Being Cannibalised by Female <br>Researchers have discovered that some male blue-lined octopuses have evolved a novel defence mechanism to avoid being cannibalised by the hungry...........<br><a href="https://toot.community/tags/Bluelinedoctopus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bluelinedoctopus</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Blueringedoctopus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blueringedoctopus</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Cephalopod" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cephalopod</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Hapalochlaenafasciata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hapalochlaenafasciata</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Octopus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Octopus</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Tetrodotoxin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tetrodotoxin</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/TTX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TTX</span></a><br>Umesh Prasad </p><p><a href="https://www.scientificeuropean.co.uk/sciences/biology/how-male-octopus-avoid-being-cannibalised-by-female/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">scientificeuropean.co.uk/scien</span><span class="invisible">ces/biology/how-male-octopus-avoid-being-cannibalised-by-female/</span></a></p>
Scientific European<p>How Male Octopus Avoid Being Cannibalised by Female <br>Researchers have discovered that some male blue-lined octopuses have evolved a novel defence mechanism to avoid being cannibalised by the hungry...........<br><a href="https://toot.community/tags/Bluelinedoctopus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bluelinedoctopus</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Blueringedoctopus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blueringedoctopus</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Cephalopod" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cephalopod</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Hapalochlaenafasciata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hapalochlaenafasciata</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Octopus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Octopus</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Tetrodotoxin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tetrodotoxin</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/TTX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TTX</span></a><br>Umesh Prasad </p><p><a href="https://www.scientificeuropean.co.uk/sciences/biology/how-male-octopus-avoid-being-cannibalised-by-female/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">scientificeuropean.co.uk/scien</span><span class="invisible">ces/biology/how-male-octopus-avoid-being-cannibalised-by-female/</span></a></p>
Berner Dad for EquALLity<p>Hi! I’m so cute, I can kill a human. <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Taricha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Taricha</span></a> rivularis. <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/mendocinocounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mendocinocounty</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/tetrodotoxin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tetrodotoxin</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/salamander" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>salamander</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/amphibian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amphibian</span></a></p>
ScienceActually<p>Dolphins enjoy pufferfish as a recreational drug. </p><p>Pufferfish produce a tetrodotoxin - 1,200 times more poisonous than cyanide - which, in small doses, gives dolphins a pleasurable buzz.</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/sciencefacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefacts</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/dolphin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dolphin</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/dolphins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dolphins</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/pufferfish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pufferfish</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/recreationaldrug" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>recreationaldrug</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/tetrodotoxin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tetrodotoxin</span></a></p>
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