Monday, May 19, 2008

Blue-ringed Octopus



The blue-ringed octopus is the size of a golf ball, but its venom is powerful enough to kill humans. There is no known antidote.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-ringed_octopus

http://www.earlham.edu/~sheedjo/blue-ringedoctopus.htm

http://www.didyouknow.cd/animals/octopus.htm


2 comments:

Chandira said...

Wow.. that's beautiful! I love Octopi, venomous or not.

I didn't know there were any venomous ones!

Anonymous said...

Beautiful, but lethal creature.