The Blue-Ringed Octopus

Blue-Ringed Octopus

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Pets & Animals

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• The
• Blue-Ringed
• Octopus
• aquarium

[morinomeister]

is it reef safe?

[thomaswikkelsoe]

safe for corals - unsafe for human :o

[Keith459001]

if you were really really mad at your girlfriend you could be like "babe, can you clean the fish tank for me while im at work??,he doesn't bite or anything" she'd be like "sure", problem solved

[Azoozano]

THE GUY IS POSSIBLY AN EXPERT.(?)

[Darkrunner75]

Beautiful creatures. But like in much of the animal kingdom, bright coloration means "leave me the fuck alone."

Predators know it.

Unfortunately you have dumb ass humans walking up and saying "Hey! Look What I found!"

Then they are paralyzed and dead, unless there is rescue breathing really close.

[BotRots]

Octopuses (or octopi?) are really clever when it comes to escaping or getting out of a tank or aquarium. This is one octopus you don't want to be saying, "where did it go?"

If this thing bites you, your body will paralyse while you are in awful pain, and can hear all that is going on around you. You can't even scream while you lay there and then (not too slowly) die.

People from outside Australia here on holiday, keep away from them and rock pools they're living in.

[zicescreamz]

just asking if u touch it but it doesn't bite u will anything happen to you ?

[pblomgren]

@kingofallwhites Better than rosie o'donnell.. thanks for making me laugh :-) Funny comment.

[kjun13]

While that is a beautiful octopus, keeping one of the most venomous animals on earth that is also one of the smartest as a household pet is simply not a good idea.

[TheMadRedHattie]

@Ky1es The blue-ringed octopus is actually rather docile; they only bite if provoked. Also, there have been only three fatalities linked to these things; as long as proper medical care is administered, a victim has a good prospect of survival. If you can provide artificial respiration through any means, the body will eventually metabolize the toxins. Around a day later the person will be in the clear.

[Ky1es]

Sometimes i really hate living is Aus, fuck these things seriously, these sting you, you are DEAD, there is no hope. You dont want the death these things can give, its a painful death indeed, shuts down your entire body.

[kingofallwhites]

Plus these things can walk around on land better than Rosie O'Donnell

[kingofallwhites]

How is epipen going to help you? There is NO known antidote for blue ringed octopus venom. Plus if it bit you while you were sleeping you would never know it since the bite feels like a mosquito bite. The fact that it can squeeze through anything the size of it's beak proves my point. Sone animals were never meant to live in captivity and this is one if there ever was one unless you are a Bond villain.