It’s a blue-ringed octopus, which has one of the most potent poisons known. The person handling it could easily die.
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Hjalamanger@feddit.nu 3 weeks ago
I don’t know
JillyB@beehaw.org 3 weeks ago
hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
0_0 but also it’s cutes
trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Blue ringed octopus is extremely venomous and their beak is so sharp you might not even feel it when it bites
Zwiebel@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
But it’s cute
NorthWestWind@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
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ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
Aww… They even play the sad trombone for you when you realize you’re dead!
chiliedogg@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Only good thing is that the venom doesn’t have lasting effects if you get artificial respiration in time.
They put you on a ventilator until it wears off, and then you’re fine.
P00ptart@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
“in time” is the key, here.
burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
AND hopefully remember to close your eyes for you. That’s nightmare fuel for sure, right there.
ICastFist@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
How long does that last?
chiliedogg@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
About a day
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
But how bitey is it? Why would it even want to bite? What if I’m very very gentle?
Natanox@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
If it’s cornered it will bite. First it will flee (can’t), then it will show the rings you can see in the picture to warn predators. If it does that and you still touch it, or worse, pick it up, it will bite.
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
What if I put my hand in its path and it climbs on? And if I keep my hand flat so it can leave at will? Maybe I should put a snack on my palm!
dxc@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
I’m speaking for a human here but I’m very bitey. From this sample size being 100% bitey we have to assume its the same for the blue-ringed octopus.
lurch@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
The biteyness increases when one gets moved out of the zone one can breathe in.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Animals are just like us in that respect!
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
That seems fair. Keep hand underwater, got it.
Cypher@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
You’d die and the octopus would be fine.
Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It looks friendly. I say go for it.