The Beautiful and Deadly Blue Ringed Octopus

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Blue Ringed Octopus are one of the most fascinating of all octopus. They are quite small, only a few inches across but have one of the most toxic venoms in the world. When threatened they flash neon blue rings.

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The blue-ringed octopus
The world's most poisonous octopus is extremely small but extremely dangerous and intelligent - the little blue-ringed octopus is found int shallow coral and rock pools.
Blue-ringed Octopus, Hapalochlaena maculosa at MarineBio.org
Blue-ringed Octopus, Hapalochlaena maculosa, Cephalopoda, Octopoda, Octopodidae, Description and Fascinating Facts, World Range and Habitat, Feeding Behavior, Reproduction, and Warnings and Comments.
Ocean's Deadliest : The Deadliest Creatures : Animal Planet
In the Crocodile Hunter's final documentary, Steve Irwin and adventurer Philippe Cousteau search for the world's most dangerous sea creatures off the coast of Australia. Tune in Sunday, Jan. 21, at 8 p.m. ET/PT.
Noticia -Boy survives blue ringed octopus bite- - mondopulpo
A Toddler who was bitten by a deadly blue ringed octopus after he picked it up and played with it has lived to tell the tale.
eMedicine - Octopus Envenomation : Article by Jon Mark Hirshon
Octopuses, which are organisms of the class Cephalopoda in the phylum Mollusca, are generally harmless and unlikely to b

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Blue Ringed Octopus

The beautiful little Blue Ringed Octopus carries a deadly secret: it contains on of the most powerful venoms in the animal kingdom.
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