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 1 month ago
I don’t know
JillyB@beehaw.org 1 month ago
hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
0_0 but also it’s cutes
trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 1 month 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 1 month ago
But it’s cute
NorthWestWind@lemmy.world 1 month ago
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ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 1 month ago
Aww… They even play the sad trombone for you when you realize you’re dead!
chiliedogg@lemmy.world 1 month 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 1 month ago
“in time” is the key, here.
burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
AND hopefully remember to close your eyes for you. That’s nightmare fuel for sure, right there.
ICastFist@programming.dev 1 month ago
How long does that last?
chiliedogg@lemmy.world 1 month ago
About a day
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
But how bitey is it? Why would it even want to bite? What if I’m very very gentle?
Natanox@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month ago
The biteyness increases when one gets moved out of the zone one can breathe in.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Animals are just like us in that respect!
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
That seems fair. Keep hand underwater, got it.
Cypher@lemmy.world 1 month ago
You’d die and the octopus would be fine.
Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 1 month ago
It looks friendly. I say go for it.