They have one of the most potent venoms in the animal kingdom and people apparently often don't even feel the bite. It's also assumed by some scientists that venomous animals with this warning pattern is the reason some people have trypophobia
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If I recall the story correctly, the dude holding it knew what he was doing and did multiple times. Also he was terminal ill so he really didn’t care if things went wrong.
So I guess who knows even more may be relieved if in favour of consensual euthanasia 🤷♂️
Terminally ill people playing with venomous animals is definitely a choice.
It's the "You can't fire me, I quit!" mentality taken to a bitter extreme. All for the slightest sense of control over a hopeless situation.
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Many life insurance policies pay out for accidents but not suicide. Looks like our friend here is just trying to have an accident.
die smart not die hard
This comment section has both this story and another story sqying it was a woman who had no idea and posted it online.
Which one is it!?
my source is a super solid “dude on internet” 🤷♂️
Man that's another level of "people who know"
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If there's going to be a background story, why not make it multiple choice?
agreed hold on i want to make a 3rd competing background
I don't know
Blue ringed octopus is extremely venomous and their beak is so sharp you might not even feel it when it bites
The blue-ringed octopus, despite its small size, carries enough venom to kill 26 adult humans within minutes. Their bites are tiny and often painless, with many victims not realizing they have been envenomated until respiratory depression and paralysis begins.[12] No blue-ringed octopus antivenom is available.[13]
But it's cute
Aww... They even play the sad trombone for you when you realize you're dead!
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Only good thing is that the venom doesn't have lasting effects if you get artificial respiration in time.
They put you on a ventilator until it wears off, and then you're fine.
"in time" is the key, here.
AND hopefully remember to close your eyes for you. That's nightmare fuel for sure, right there.
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But how bitey is it? Why would it even want to bite? What if I'm very very gentle?
If it's cornered it will bite. First it will flee (can't), then it will show the rings you can see in the picture to warn predators. If it does that and you still touch it, or worse, pick it up, it will bite.
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I'm speaking for a human here but I'm very bitey. From this sample size being 100% bitey we have to assume its the same for the blue-ringed octopus.
The biteyness increases when one gets moved out of the zone one can breathe in.
Animals are just like us in that respect!
I'm pretty sure, I'm an animal too 😅
You sure? Might be a hyperintelligent plant with delusions of animalism 🤷
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What if I'm very very gentle
You’d die and the octopus would be fine.
It looks friendly. I say go for it.
It's a blue-ringed octopus, which has one of the most potent poisons known. The person handling it could easily die.
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(but also it's cutes)
envenomated
That's a neat one for scrable
I haven't played Scrabble in forever but won't that cost 3 precious 'e's?
last time I played it was pre-high school but I recall my strategy was to be greedy with vowels
I don't think I won though
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Is this a real pic or wtf?
Yeah, this is an old one. IIRC, the lady holding it didn't know it was dangerous, just thought it was adorable, then when she posted it and ppl told her, she explained she had a meltdown at how wildly dangerous that situation was and she had no idea
she explained she had a meltdown at how wildly dangerous that situation was and she had no idea
I probably would too in that situation, followed by immense relief that I survived it lol
That's why education isn't just some nice-to-have luxury. Moments like these should make people go "wait, maybe it's a shitty idea that conservatives like the Trump regime oppose proper, widely available and cheap education for everyone".
I sometimes wonder how many lives would not have been lost if those people had known "sea magically disappear from beach mean big wave coming" when that Indian ocean tsunami happened. Instead, many even went to the beach to observe this strange phenomenon.
Knowledge can save your life.
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its just a spider
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