Ooulophilia
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DISCLAIMER: Not my picture but figured you guys would get a kick out of it due to all the blue ring posts I see here!
Guy holding a Blue Ring
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skibum9884
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wow, let's just add a disclaimer that this is probably a TERRIBLE idea!!!!!
frag factory
In Memoriam
it looks dead
Doug, I am a lot of things but a liar is not one of them.
Anyone interested in why someone is holding a very alive blue ring can see the thread here http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1878729
Anyone interested in why someone is holding a very alive blue ring can see the thread here http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1878729
Tripel_Hornet
In Memoriam
my condolences to the widow
Xgame2k
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you should never be a parent.
too funny!:wave::thumbsup:
I don't have a reference but I thought their beaks could penetrate a snail/hermit crab shell so a calloused hand shouldn't pose a problem if it decided to bite.
I dont know - only what I was told as a kid, and since then.
Used to have one that my uncle gave me ( in a jar of formaldehyde
) looking at the beak, it is so tiny, it is hard to imagine them biting/eating anything large enough to keep them alive - let alone cause them to be a threat to humans.
Still - the potential must exist, just based on all of the concern?
Used to have one that my uncle gave me ( in a jar of formaldehyde
) looking at the beak, it is so tiny, it is hard to imagine them biting/eating anything large enough to keep them alive - let alone cause them to be a threat to humans.Still - the potential must exist, just based on all of the concern?
frag factory
In Memoriam
so when i get one i CAN teach it stuff and pet it
this forum is so full of it
why would you put anyone off trying to keep these amazing things
this forum is so full of it
why would you put anyone off trying to keep these amazing things
EaZy DuZ iT
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whether its deadly or not, that thing is just beautiful!
I remember hearing a story about this a little while back, I think it might be the same one that accompany these pictures. A photographer was out in the ocean doing snorkeling, found a blue ring, thought it was cute, and took it back to shore. One look and the locals started freaking out and finally convinced him to take it back to the ocean before anyone got hurt. He had no idea of the dangers of the octopus.
Nope. My wife, I and our guide took these pictures last week at crystal caves in Boracay Philippines. The link is above to how it happened.
GhostCon1
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Um....:hammer:
Yup, they eat crustaceans for dinner
It's a bit more than potential, people have been bitten by them. Of those people, the only ones that live are the ones that are fortunate enough to have someone right there to do CPR and get them on life support till the venom wears off. Otherwise, death occurs rather rather fast.
Let us know when you get one, so we can watch the obits for your name
Unlike snakes, these guys will not give you a dry bite, and there is no, repeat no antivenom. If one does bite you, your only chance of living is to have someone with you trained in CPR. That is why so many of us try and discourage keeping Blue Rings.
Sheesh, guys, I'm not advocating that children go out and do crack. All I'm saying is, you get bit by one of these things, you're basically a dead man. Why would you even tempt fate?
from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Blue-ringed_Octopus
When [the toxin] is injected into a human, it causes respiratory arrest (lack of breathing) but does not affect the brain or heart so the person can die completely conscious due to lack of oxygen.
Is that scary enough?
from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Blue-ringed_Octopus
When [the toxin] is injected into a human, it causes respiratory arrest (lack of breathing) but does not affect the brain or heart so the person can die completely conscious due to lack of oxygen.
Is that scary enough?
frag factory
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so i just need a CPR machine and i am sorted:beer:
