The blue-ringed octopus may be tiny, but its venom is deadly. A video of a man holding this world's venomous animal goes viral online.
A British tourist narrowly escaped a fatal encounter in the Philippines after handling a venomous blue-ringed octopus, mistaking it for a harmless bab ...
A viral beach clip has become a cautionary tale about how quickly a harmless-looking encounter can turn dangerous in tropical waters.
British journalist Andy McConnell was enjoying a morning beach walk on Cebu Island in the Philippines when he came across a ...
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McConnell later said he was unaware of the danger at the time and only understood the seriousness after his post went viral.
A British traveller's casual beach video in the Philippines turned into a stark warning after social media identified the "baby octopus" he handled as a deadly blue-ringed octopus. McConnell, unaware ...
The Blue-lined Octopus is a species of octopus famous for its highly toxic tetrodotoxin, and inhabits the shallow waters and coral reefs of the Western Pacific Ocean from the Ogasawara Islands and the ...