The man filmed himself handling a blue-ringed octopus, which can paralyze its victim by blocking nerve transmission. According to the National Library of Medicine, the toxin from the octopus is about 1000x more deadly to humans than cyanide. “At the beach today … A baby octopus captured by a gang of local beach kids,” the man posted on IG. It wasn’t until the post started going viral that the man realized what he had held. “Exploring the world alone, 11,000km from home, inevitably involves takin
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The man filmed himself handling a blue-ringed octopus, which can paralyze its victim by blocking nerve transmission. According to the National Library of Medicine, the toxin from the octopus is about 1000x more deadly to humans than cyanide. “At the beach today … A baby octopus captured by a gang of local beach kids,” the man posted on IG. It wasn’t until the post started going viral that the man realized what he had held. “Exploring the world alone, 11,000km from home, inevitably involves takin
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