Blue Ringed Octopus

Either of two species (Hapalochlaena maculosa, H lunulata) of small octopi which habitat tidal pools in the Pacific Ocean including the Great Barrier Reef. They have up to golf ball sized bodies and measure 8–10 cm when stretched from one tip of the tentacle to the other. They carry enough venom to kill 26 adult humans. When at rest, they are brown-pale yellow; when disturbed, they turn bright yellow and display blue rings around their tentacles. Blue-ringed octopi release tetrodotoxin (formerly known as maculotoxin, produced by bacteria in the host’s salivary glands), an inhibitor of action potential which blocks sodium channels, causing motor paralysis and respiratory arrest. The completeness of the motor paralysis is such that victims cannot signal that they cannot breathe.
Management There is no antidote; rescue breathing must begin immediately and must be maintained for as long as it takes for the toxin to work its way out of the victim’s body—up to 24 hours

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Blue Lined Octopus
Hapalochlaena maculosa
octopus

Blue Ringed Octopus It is the only dangerous octopus in the world, and is the size of a golf ball, and looks cute.

Safety on A Great Barrier Reef Vacation by Peter R Stewart / Travel, recreation and leisure community

This Australian Blue Ringed Octopus - together with 49 brothers and sisters - has been hatched in captivity for the first time by British scientists.

The 5mm octokiller by Denman, Ben / The Mirror (London, England)

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