I read in another thread on a other website that the original poster of this picture had some sort of liver disease and was dying from it, and sorta went YOLO at the chance to pick up a blue ringed octopus. They knew how dangerous it was, but for once the phrase "it will hurt the whole time you're dying" was met with "it already is"
I know someone who gave CPR on someone bitten by one of these.
They lived because of the CPR. They came out of hospital fine, except they were now blind because their eyes were open staring up at the hot summer Aussie sun for the entire time they were getting CPR etc.
They came out of hospital fine, except they were now blind
I'm concerned that you don't know what "fine" means. but seriously, I'd probably prefer to be sightless, but still alive too...
Besides, how likely is it for that tiny octopus to bite you, unless you are literally trying to get bit?
More than zero
the go blue like that when they're planning on biting you. when they are chill they just look rock colours.
It's nice they let you know your death is near though. I imagine it's takes lots of resources to make such toxic venom. so they probs don't want to waste it.
For those who don't know: Blue-Ringed Octopus 🐙
"The blue-ringed octopus, despite its small size, carries enough venom to kill 26 adult humans within minutes. Their bites are tiny and often painless, with many victims not realizing they have been envenomated until respiratory depression and paralysis begins.[11] No blue-ringed octopus antivenom is available.[12]"
Ok. Then I'd rather have a dog.
Pretty sure no dog antivenom is available either. I'm just going to get a venomous snake to be safe.
This is why you start with small bites and build up an immunity. Then work your way up to larger breeds. You think people have chihuahuas because they actually want one?
Best explanation as to why people have chihuahuas I've ever read.
Good call. Dog venom works by sneaking into your heart, and they don't even have to bite you.
This is correct. Tetrodotoxin. Like in pufferfish. It blocks nerve signals to muscles causing paralysis. There is no antivenom.
If you got it from eating pufferfish, best you can do is administer activated charcoal to absorb as much as possible that hasn’t already made it into the bloodstream. After that, all you can do is manually run the heart and lungs until it wears off.
So you basically need to be really close to a hospital or clinic, somehow convey what’s happened (while possibly unable to talk or move) and be lucky enough that said hospital has the resources to maybe keep you alive until it is out of your system.
Some more hopeful information about this little bugger:
It's not ACTUALLY venomous. As in it doesn't inject you with a lethal substance, rather, it injects you with a nerve-toxin which disables your ability to open/close your lungs, which kills you. This sounds just as bad, but it means if you can get to a hospital, and make it to a ventilator, you'll be back to normal by the next day.
Venom doesn’t need to be lethal to be venom.
Venom is a toxin produced by an animal that is actively delivered through a wound by means of a bite, sting, or similar action.
Blue Ringed octopuses are venomous.
The scary part is that it looks like you won't even feel that you have been bitten, and will know that when you start having problems breathing, and when that happens every second counts.
Looking at the colors, it looks like it was in fight mode. The person holding it could already be dead.
They can be identified by their yellowish skin and characteristic blue and black rings that change color dramatically when the animal is threatened.
Anything that becomes more visible when you threaten it... you're not the threat.
A video, originally posted on TikTok, of a tourist in Australia handling a blue-ringed octopus went viral in January 2019.
Is that where this picture is from? Or did a second person think it was a good idea?
But look at the blue dots! It has to be harmless.
I know this is a joke but the blue dots are literally the universal language for “don’t fuck with me”
To be fair, there is an alternative that says "I am defenseless and trying to look like a more intimidating thing" in which case the thing would be harmless
And the blue rings are a warning, when you can see them, you are really in trouble
The Splatoon 3 player base had gone through this 4 months ago
That girllll issss poooiiiisonn
Tiny animals in the sea are the most lethal, apart of this cute octopus also
It can kill in minutes from the shock caused by the pain (Irucandji syndrom, no antivenom)
A bather was pricked in the neck by this cone when he found it on the beach and held it to his ear to listen to the noise of the sea. He died in seconds.´
The Box Jellyfish also can kill in minutes by cardiac arrest, worse, these jellyfish can see and actively attack
I don't like the funky and colorful creatures. They are always so clingy! It's like they want you to touch them for the rest of your life.
What's going on with the person's skin?
Their hand is half in very clear water.
Wow... That's what happens when you wake up in the middle of the night and start checking Lemmy
I mean, you shouldn’t lift aquatic creatures out of the water, ever, but what else is happening in this picture?
That tiny octopus is one of the deadliest animals on the planet. It has an extremely potent neurotoxin that has no cure/anti-toxin. You often don't even know you've been bitten by one until you can't breathe. By then it's almost guaranteed to be too late. The only way to survive is to be put on a ventilator until the toxin wears off but the chances of getting to one in time is extremely minor.
did he ded?
Oh, it contains TTX. I think cyanide can counteract this particular poison but don’t quote me on that.
Edit: turns out I misremembered and the counteracting poison is Batrachotoxin, which is used by the poison dart frog.
I can't believe I'm seeing this. Sure hope it's fake.
It seems to happen quite a bit: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9395535/American-tourist-TikTok-star-nearly-dies-blue-ringed-octopus-Bali-Indonesia.html
https://www.news.com.au/technology/science/animals/lucky-to-be-alive-woman-picks-up-deadly-blueringed-octopus/news-story/71f69db000d3673ee9ff2363b862e28d (might be the same as the first? Hard to tell)
Although that last one they didn't see it because it was hiding in a shell.
Wow. This is like a commandment for aussie kids. Do not. Ever. Fuck around with things you don't recognise at the beach. I didn't pay much heed to many rules but this one seemed like a good idea - even to dipshit child me.
Do not. Ever. Fuck around with things you don't recognise
FTFY
It's real.
Ann Reardon (the australian YouTuber) almost touched one by accident. Luckily, she threw the shell they were in fast enough.
Jesus christ. That's terrifying.
Please don't mess with wild animals in Australia. Just... no.
I know an Australian who is convinced we're all weird for thinking their animals are dangerous when we have moose and bears.