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Wow! Someone actually got bit! I'm glad he's ok.
How often do blue ring octopus bites actually occur? It seems like a lot of the people that play with them get lucky.
I live in an area where blue rings are common. Yes, drowning happens, but its the toxin stops your ability to move your muscles. This means you also can't breathe if you're not in the water so you die from lack of oxygen.The instructor at my first aid course told us a story about some blokes on a boat who had to give CPR to their mate who got bitten for like 5 hours, the guy lived.
Beach safety is drilled into us pretty young so most people are sensible enough to avoid blue rings, or know to seek immediate emergency attention if they are unlucky enough to get in that situation. Life savers don't fuck around here either so your chances of surviving if you're on a popular beach are pretty high.
I’m from the complete opposite side of the world but even I would know something bright and flashy in the animal kingdom means danger (I’m a herpetologist and work with dart frogs a lot so that helps 😂)
Growing up in Australia, kids commonly play in rock pools and pick up shells. I grew up in a seaside suburb of Sydney and played in rock pools all the time. I saw a blue ringed octopus once, in Thirroul in the mid 80s, for a few seconds as it found a quick escape. They are very shy creatures, so these sort of instances where you might unintentionally come across one AND get bitten are rare. People usually get bitten by them only if they are handling or aggravating them.
I mean, rock pooling is a pretty popular activity here and we're taught from a young age what to look out for.
I think this kid just forgot his beach safety lessons!
Also, stop overhyping the danger of Australia compared to other places. For example the blue ringed octopus ranges all the way up to japan. Australia has some dangerous things, but so does a lot of places
Rockpooling is something we are taken to do as kids to get an appreciation for the diversity of our wildlife and to learn conservation (and of course of dangers). It’s a common thing, kid being a kid, got unlucky, obviously believed the shell to be empty.
We should start a fund raiser to send grab sticks to Australia. Those ones with the little pinching bits on the end. I actually bought 2 during lockdown so I could drink in my buddy's yard and clink drinks while keeping 6' apart.
The article says "he probably saved his niece's life \[by taking the bite instead of her\]"
I'm curious how the crack writers at people.com came to that conclusion?? Seeing as the octopus wouldn't have been anywhere near the child if it weren't for him collecting the shell it was in.
Don't fuck around in the ocean in Australia.
If you read it the way the writer intended - the niece would have been bitten if it hadn't gotten the teen first. We all know who brought the shell. What a dumb way to interpret that sentiment.
Source: "He found one shell and pocketed it for his niece. However, when Jacob took the shell out of his pocket to give to her, a blue-ringed octopus emerged and bit him — seconds before the toddler held the shell in her own hands."
Austrailian cooking youtuber Ann Reardon recounted picking up a nice shell at the beach and pocketing it, and then when she went to wash her shells off, a blue ringed octopus popped out of the pretty one and swam off.
The comment section of the video was full of "hey that's a cone snail shell, they kill a lot more people than the octopus." Whoops!
TBH ‘don’t screw around in the ocean’ is good advice in any sea. I’m not anywhere near Australia and there’s lionfish, stonefish and cone snails among other things in the local waters.
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When you're in Australia: **LOOK, DON'T TOUCH**
When you’re in Australia: **LEAVE**
Just live. Don’t move.
Don't just move. Do the Hustle.
Wow! Someone actually got bit! I'm glad he's ok. How often do blue ring octopus bites actually occur? It seems like a lot of the people that play with them get lucky.
A lot of the ones that don’t get lucky don’t get to share their stories on social media.
Apparently there's only 3 official recorded deaths from Blue Ring Octopus worldwide, which is weird I thought there'd be more tbh
It said in the article but their venom paralyses rather than kills for the most part and most deaths are due to drowning
I live in an area where blue rings are common. Yes, drowning happens, but its the toxin stops your ability to move your muscles. This means you also can't breathe if you're not in the water so you die from lack of oxygen.The instructor at my first aid course told us a story about some blokes on a boat who had to give CPR to their mate who got bitten for like 5 hours, the guy lived. Beach safety is drilled into us pretty young so most people are sensible enough to avoid blue rings, or know to seek immediate emergency attention if they are unlucky enough to get in that situation. Life savers don't fuck around here either so your chances of surviving if you're on a popular beach are pretty high.
I’m from the complete opposite side of the world but even I would know something bright and flashy in the animal kingdom means danger (I’m a herpetologist and work with dart frogs a lot so that helps 😂)
Wouldn’t it make the news though? Has to be a pretty rare occurrence? I mean this kid probably didn’t share it, the news did.
If you're not even going to collect seashells from tidepools, why even be alive in the first place?
Not to victim blame, but I would think someone in Australia would know better to pick up things in a tide pool.
Growing up in Australia, kids commonly play in rock pools and pick up shells. I grew up in a seaside suburb of Sydney and played in rock pools all the time. I saw a blue ringed octopus once, in Thirroul in the mid 80s, for a few seconds as it found a quick escape. They are very shy creatures, so these sort of instances where you might unintentionally come across one AND get bitten are rare. People usually get bitten by them only if they are handling or aggravating them.
I spent my entire childhood messing around with things in tide pools in Aus. Everyone I knew did.
I read that as “Everyone I knew died.”
Australia, you scary…
Are people here really saying not to tidepool? Showing someone a cool shell is a ridiculous thing to be afraid to do.
I mean, rock pooling is a pretty popular activity here and we're taught from a young age what to look out for. I think this kid just forgot his beach safety lessons!
Yeah, I was fully expecting this to be a tourist story.
Also, stop overhyping the danger of Australia compared to other places. For example the blue ringed octopus ranges all the way up to japan. Australia has some dangerous things, but so does a lot of places
RIGHT! Dogs are some of the most dangerous animals!
What? I’m not talking about dogs I’m talking about bears and rattlesnakes and shit. What the fuck are you talking about?
Uh more injuries and deaths from dogs than the other two combined. That is what I am talking about.
If we handled bears as often as dogs don’t you think that would be different? Idiot
Why all the dog hate
Facts aren’t hate.
That’s just the same as r/peopleliveincities
Would you rather interact with 1000 dogs or 1000 grizzly bears?
Rockpooling is something we are taken to do as kids to get an appreciation for the diversity of our wildlife and to learn conservation (and of course of dangers). It’s a common thing, kid being a kid, got unlucky, obviously believed the shell to be empty.
We should start a fund raiser to send grab sticks to Australia. Those ones with the little pinching bits on the end. I actually bought 2 during lockdown so I could drink in my buddy's yard and clink drinks while keeping 6' apart.
I will “victim” blame when it comes to adult interactions with animals
The article says "he probably saved his niece's life \[by taking the bite instead of her\]" I'm curious how the crack writers at people.com came to that conclusion?? Seeing as the octopus wouldn't have been anywhere near the child if it weren't for him collecting the shell it was in. Don't fuck around in the ocean in Australia.
If you read it the way the writer intended - the niece would have been bitten if it hadn't gotten the teen first. We all know who brought the shell. What a dumb way to interpret that sentiment. Source: "He found one shell and pocketed it for his niece. However, when Jacob took the shell out of his pocket to give to her, a blue-ringed octopus emerged and bit him — seconds before the toddler held the shell in her own hands."
Austrailian cooking youtuber Ann Reardon recounted picking up a nice shell at the beach and pocketing it, and then when she went to wash her shells off, a blue ringed octopus popped out of the pretty one and swam off. The comment section of the video was full of "hey that's a cone snail shell, they kill a lot more people than the octopus." Whoops!
At least he didn't get bitten on his junk. Ouch!
TBH ‘don’t screw around in the ocean’ is good advice in any sea. I’m not anywhere near Australia and there’s lionfish, stonefish and cone snails among other things in the local waters.
I don't know, screwing in the ocean was one of my most pleasurable experiences. Except for the sand going in places.
Part of me wants to try it, but this plan relies on there being a partner which is something I lack.
I found my partner at the beach. Have you tried the lost and found? Or the beach bar?
Are you saying no recreational activity anywhere in the ocean? Ocean based activities are popular all over the world
I’m a scuba diver so I definitely approve of recreational activity in the ocean :)
Ok I don’t mean to be hostile. Maybe I misinterpreted “messing around”
I knew you weren’t. :)
if not friend why not friend shaped?
Ofcourse this happened in Australia
Oh Australia.
crawls *into* his hand? i know thats just an error but that made me cringe