Flippers4pups
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All I can say is "why"?!
Leads on where to buy Blue Ring Octopus
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LeLutinBanni
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0,000001% to get bite
achillsohales
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Blue rings can be obtained however I was talking to buddy in california who owns a mimic a couple weeks ago and said that supposidly there was a case where someone died from one. I guess when there small you csn feel the bite or something and their poison kills in 30 minutes or so? Not sure if its true but thats what I heard.
i'm curious to know wear you get this(probably made up) statistic.
their is a post on tonmo called octopus bites and allmost everyone on that site that has kept more than one octo and interacts with them has been bitten at least once thats a little more than 0,000001%
i'm not telling the op to buy a blue ring or not i'm just sick of peapole posting misinformation based on hearsay or imagination, between mantis shrimp and octos their is enuf bogus info floating around the internet to fill an encyclopeida set.
but i will add that one of the coolest parts of owning an octo is the interaction like hand feeding and other forms of contact that would be a very bad idea with a blue ring for this reason i would recomend an a. aculeatus, o. briareus or o. hummelinki
i have 2 aculeatus now and plan to get a briareus next. i have not been bitten..yet
I think I'd rather have a giant pacific octopus...
.. for the hugs.
That is awesome!
LeLutinBanni
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SantaMonica
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And I was thinking a viper was an octo
mthomp
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I guess because you dont interact with a blue ring like you would other octopuse
thelizardkin
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There are exotic snake owners who keep very deadly venomous snakes and your chances if being bitten by one of those is probably a lot higher than being bitten by a blue ring
thelizardkin
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If you do get one I'd build a custom acrylic tank with a sump, and make sure there's a grate to keep the octo from going down the plumbing. also I'd add a lid with a lock on it. secure all the rock so there are no rockslides, and buy a good pair of tongs for feeding. never ever put your hand in the tank. I was also thinking you could connect a smaller tank to the main tank, and train the octo to eat in tank #2. so if you ever need to do work on the tank just trap the octo in the other tank. also put some warning labels on it
Fishypapa
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Simple google search:
"The blue-ringed octopus, despite its small size, carries enough venom to kill 26 adult humans within minutes. Furthermore, their bites are tiny and often painless, with many victims not realizing they have been envenomated until respiratory depression and paralysis start to set in."
From HERE
I don't quite understand why people wish to have these animals aside from the thrill and bragging rights that they OWN it. (that is at least for the few minutes after they get bitten, then they find out who owns who! :thumbdown
"The blue-ringed octopus, despite its small size, carries enough venom to kill 26 adult humans within minutes. Furthermore, their bites are tiny and often painless, with many victims not realizing they have been envenomated until respiratory depression and paralysis start to set in."
From HERE
I don't quite understand why people wish to have these animals aside from the thrill and bragging rights that they OWN it. (that is at least for the few minutes after they get bitten, then they find out who owns who! :thumbdown
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