Update - And question about my bimac

[Asterix]

Well...I LOVE MY CEPH! I think my octupos is so cool...I have fed it a ton of different foods...Red legged hermits, snails, Crawfish,Frozen Shrimp, and my favorite one to watch....A yellow tailed damsel fish! It didnt last a second! I still havent been able to take a clear picture of it yet! But it has been coming out to play and has gotten to know me already I think! I must say I am hooked!!





One more thing, What does Bimac taste like?

 

[NHreefer]

Tastes like an Asterix.

 

[cephalopoder]

Hehehehe another one hooked. I warn people on my fishsupply care sheet that it wont take long before your hooked..
I got in to game of tug o war with my bimac this morning. It gets tough always blaming your being late for work because your octopus wouldn't let you leave the house lol. Too bad the sucker marks on my hand don't last long enough to prove it lol.
Now where did I put that snake bite kit?

 

[CalvinC4S]

Tug-o-war with your hand!!! That's it! im a whimp.
I know you told me once that a bad bite is ultra low risk.
But I can't help but to feel apprehension. Especially after reading about that "mad scientist" that was attacked by the vulgarus.
Ok, if you seriously feel comfortable "rough housing" with your octo, im missing out. What do you think the chances of it mistaking your finger for lunch?

 

[cephalopoder]

That story with the vulgaris biting the leg is nothing more than someones creative writing in my opinion. I seriously doubt that happend.
I handle my bimacs when they are very small to get them comfortable with it. They will scratch you with their beak to see what your made of but I have not been bitten yet.

 

[Asterix]

I let mine crawl on me all the time...I havent been bitten yet...And dont really feel scared to be bitten, What can he do to me? Cut up my hand a bit? BAH! I have had worse...belive me!
The only thing is, They dont know when to let go! Some times I have to pull so hard to get my hand off that I worry that I will rip the OCTO in half, they are SOOOOOOO strong!

 

[Gonodactylus]

I've not been bitten by a Bimac, but remember, all octopuses have saliva ladened with venom and you can't always predict how your system will react to these foreign proteins. One of the worst bites I gotten was from a rubescens - worse than any bee sting I've experienced. On the other hand (literally), I've been bitten by a fairly large O. cyanea with little effect except a lot of blood.

Roy

 

[CalvinC4S]

So those who have been bit, was it defence, mistaken food, or attack? I just need to stop being a pus#@ < it's ok to say that in the Ceph forum right?

 

[Asterix]

Is that why I see pink elephants and pchycedilc colors after the octo crawls on me?

Gonodactylus, Would I know if the octo had used some type of venom on me? If the octo does put venom in me, Does it have to bite first?

 

[Gonodactylus]

Whenever I've been bitten, it was purely defensive on the part of the octopus. Usually it has occurred in the field while trying to capture an animal or in the lab trying to catch an escapee. I think I mentioned on this forum before that the most memorable time was trying to coral an O. cyanea that got loose in the cabin on a flight back from Hawaii.

I know of only one speculative report of octopus venom passing directly through the skin without a bite occurring and that was in a blue-ring. I can report, however, that I and a couple of other people I know have experience minor neurological effects after immersing out hands in water in which a blue-ring had recently died. My guess is that when the animal dies, TTX leaks out of the salivary glands and can to some degree penetrate the skin.

Roy

 

[CalvinC4S]

trying to coral an O. cyanea that got loose in the cabin on a flight back from Hawaii.

Now that is funny! What a PTA that must have been!!!

 

[kanankeban]

It is legal to take one out of hawaii to mainland...? So it is possible to catch one and bring it back to mainland?