Why doesnt anyone post about octopi???
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snakes'n'fish
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blue rings are pretty cool (Have poison will sting)
hmmm not sting , BITE ! and they can cause all sorts of havoc with the human body. neurotoxin's have a way of REALLY messing up your day.
A little info on there venom.
It starts life the size of a pea and is fully grown at about the size of a golf ball - but carries enough poison to kill 26 adults within minutes.
Although the painless bite can kill an adult, injuries have only occurred when an octopus has been picked out of its pool and provoked or stepped on.
The bite might be painless, but this octopus injects a neuromuscular paralysing venom. The venom contains some maculotoxin, a poison more violent than any found on land animals. The nerve conduction is blocked and neuromuscular paralysis is followed by death.
That is one thing you would have to be REAL careful with.
hmmm not sting , BITE ! and they can cause all sorts of havoc with the human body. neurotoxin's have a way of REALLY messing up your day.
A little info on there venom.
It starts life the size of a pea and is fully grown at about the size of a golf ball - but carries enough poison to kill 26 adults within minutes.
Although the painless bite can kill an adult, injuries have only occurred when an octopus has been picked out of its pool and provoked or stepped on.
The bite might be painless, but this octopus injects a neuromuscular paralysing venom. The venom contains some maculotoxin, a poison more violent than any found on land animals. The nerve conduction is blocked and neuromuscular paralysis is followed by death.
That is one thing you would have to be REAL careful with.
conogre
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Octopods are actually easy to keep if you have a tank set up that they like (lots of hiding places and LOTS of food), but most that stay small enough for the home aquarium have a 1-2 year lifespan, very much like sea horses.
If you have a tank set up that they DON"T like, however, color them gone....they are smart, strong, able to flow through a hole the same size as their beak, and smart enough to lift the lid on the tank to leave.
Thee's actually a website JUST for octopus fanciers, but I've lost the link...sorry.
If you have a tank set up that they DON"T like, however, color them gone....they are smart, strong, able to flow through a hole the same size as their beak, and smart enough to lift the lid on the tank to leave.
Thee's actually a website JUST for octopus fanciers, but I've lost the link...sorry.
splash1914
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I bought one a few years back and then 2 days later it laid a gazillion eggs... then died about a week later....
