The blue-ringed octopus is the only octopus to have a lethal toxin that can kill humans. Read here to learn about potential ...
Some of the most dangerous creatures on the planet are not the ones with the sharpest teeth or the largest bodies. They are, ...
A teenager in Australia nearly died from a poison octopus' bite after he pocketed a seaside souvenir. 18-year-old Jacob Ettington was hunting for shells at Shoalwater Beach, near Perth, local outlet ...
An Australian teen nearly died when he was bitten by a poisonous blue-ringed octopus hiding in a shell he scooped out of the ocean to show his niece. Jacob Eggington, 18, was swimming and looking for ...
This is the terrifying moment tourists unknowingly handled a highly venomous blue-ringed octopus. Holidaymaker Regine Niepes and her friends spotted the deadly cephalopod and picked it up from the ...
Mat Rogerson found a deadly blue-ringed octopus on his snorkeling gear in Australia, according to a Facebook post. Screengrab from Facebook Mat Rogerson regularly goes snorkeling off the coast of ...
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When they're alarmed, blue-lined octopuses display iridescent blue rings on their arms to ward off approaching predators. Totti via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0 Animals have evolved many ...