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Hjalamanger@feddit.nu ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Blue ringed octopus is extremely venomous and their beak is so sharp you might not even feel it when it bites

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  • Zwiebel@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    But it’s cute

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    • NorthWestWind@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Image

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      • ouRKaoS@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Aww… They even play the sad trombone for you when you realize you’re dead!

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  • chiliedogg@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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    • P00ptart@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      “in time” is the key, here.

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    • burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      AND hopefully remember to close your eyes for you. That’s nightmare fuel for sure, right there.

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    • ICastFist@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      How long does that last?

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      • chiliedogg@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        About a day

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  • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    But how bitey is it? Why would it even want to bite? What if I’m very very gentle?

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    • Natanox@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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      • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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!

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    • dxc@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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    • lurch@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The biteyness increases when one gets moved out of the zone one can breathe in.

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      • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Animals are just like us in that respect!

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      • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        That seems fair. Keep hand underwater, got it.

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    • Cypher@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      What if I’m very very gentle

      You’d die and the octopus would be fine.

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    • Iheartcheese@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It looks friendly. I say go for it.

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• JillyB@beehaw.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  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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  • hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    0_0 but also it’s cutes

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