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[–] 86 points 1 year ago (23 children)
  • [–] 208 points 1 year ago* (20 children)

    Blue ringed octopus is extremely venomous and their beak is so sharp you might not even feel it when it bites

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    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]

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  • [–] 45 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 24 points 1 year ago (14 children)

    But how bitey is it? Why would it even want to bite? What if I'm very very gentle?

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  • [–] 57 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    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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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    What if I put my hand in its path and it climbs on? And if I keep my hand flat so it can leave at will? Maybe I should put a snack on my palm!

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  • [–] 29 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    The biteyness increases when one gets moved out of the zone one can breathe in.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Animals are just like us in that respect!

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I'm pretty sure, I'm an animal too 😅

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    You sure? Might be a hyperintelligent plant with delusions of animalism 🤷

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  • [–] 84 points 1 year ago (12 children)

    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 🤷‍♂️

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  • [–] 32 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    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!?

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  • [–] 46 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    my source is a super solid “dude on internet” 🤷‍♂️

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I don't know if I'd count myesthenia gravis as a terminal disease. Sure you can't get rid of it, but it's manageable with meds.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I would assume the Liver cancer they mentioned is the terminal disease they're referring to. It sounds like the guy has multiple chronic health conditions, which isn't all that uncommon.

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  • [–] 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Terminally ill people playing with venomous animals is definitely a choice.

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  • [–] 48 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)
  • [–] 76 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    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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  • [–] 36 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    envenomated

    That's a neat one for scrable

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    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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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    Is this a real pic or wtf?

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  • [–] 31 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    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

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    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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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    A lot were doomed by the speed (500mph/800kph) and sheer size of the waves, which they couldn't have escaped even if they had tried. But those in the escapable areas died needlessly.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    Tsunamis move at those speeds you mentioned only at open sea. The closer to land they come, the slower they get, as all that kinetic energy is used to build up height.

    But even when they reach shore, they're still much too fast to escape from on foot, as we have seen on all those videos.

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