An Australian teenager had a lucky escape after being bitten by one of the world's most toxic animals, a blue-ringed octopus, after accidentally picking up the deadly cephalopod hiding in a shell. But ...

"If it wasn't for her, I'd be dead. "I absolutely owe her my life," he later acknowledged. The venom of the blue-ringed octopus causes swift paralysis, immobilizing muscles while the victim remains ...

Juan-Paul 'JP' Kalman thought he was picking up an oyster shell at Balmoral Beach when a venomous blue-ringed octopus wrapped around his thumb left him fighting for life ...

Jaun-Paul 'JP' Kalman was only in the waist-deep waters of Balmoral Beach in Australia but when he picked up an oyster shell ...

A Geelong mother dismissed her eight-year-old when he shouted he’d found a blue-ringed octopus at Eastern Beach – until she ...

A woman has been bitten multiple times by one of Australia's most infamous and deadly creatures—the blue-ringed octopus. The victim was swimming on Chinamans Beach in Sydney's Lower North Shore when ...

A blue-ringed octopus is one of the most dangerous animals in the ocean. Its bite can be fatal to humans. However, very few people have died from a blue-ringed octopus bite. These octopuses are not ...

The video received over eight million views and over one million likes. The blue-ringed octopus has "enough venom to kill 26 adult humans within minutes." Visit Insider's homepage for more stories. A ...

In June 2024 and for years, rumors have spread that a very small, beautiful octopus covered in blue rings has enough venom to kill 26 adults within minutes: The neurotoxin causes progressive paralysis ...

An unnamed woman was bitten twice by a blue-ringed octopus, which contains one of the most dangerous neurotoxins on the planet, but she escaped relatively unharmed. When you purchase through links on ...