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Do Australian Blue ringed octopuses have enough poison to kill a human?
Kevin278
Blue ringed octopuses do have enough poison to kill a human.
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Enough to kill 26 adults
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What is the diet of an octopus?
Octopuses eat small crabs and scallops, plus some snails, fish, turtles, crustaceans (like shrimp), and other octopuses. They catch prey with their arms, then kill it by biting it with their tough beak, paralyzing the prey with a nerve poison, and softening the flesh. They then suck out the flesh. Octopuses hunt mostly at night. Only the Australian Blue-ringed octopus has a poison strong enough to kill a person. Source: enchantedlearning.com
Do blue ringed octopuses have a skeleton?
no
Do octopus eat plankton?
No, Octopuses eat small crabs and scallops, plus some snails, fish, turtles, crustaceans (like shrimp), and other octopuses. They catch prey with their arms, then kill it by biting it with their tough beak, paralyzing the prey with a nerve poison, and softening the flesh. They then suck out the flesh. Octopuses hunt mostly at night. Only the Australian Blue-ringed octopus has a poison strong enough to kill a person. I once saw a programme where sharks were going missing in an aquarium, it turned out to be an octopus catching and eating them, but no, the do not eat plankton.
How many rings do blue ringed octopuses have?
It varies with the individual.
What type of organism is the blue ringed octopus?
Octopuses are mollusks.
What is deadlier box jellyfish or blue ringed octopus?
It may be hard to say, but it depends on the type of the jellyfish. A box jellyfish or a portuguese man of war has slightly more powerful toxic than blue ringed octopuses. Portuguese man of wars poison is very painful that it can even cause shock, fever, and lung and heart problems. Other jellyfishes like the giant jellyfish, no. The box jellyfish's venom can easily stop heart and systems functioning. But it is very weird how a lot of people say that blue ringed octopuses poison is strong enough to kill twenty to forty fully-grown humans at a time.
Is the blue ringed octopus has a poison strong enough to kill a person?
True. The blue-ringed octopus does have enough venom to kill a person in minutes even if the person doesn't know he/she has been poisoned.
How does the blue-ringed octopus toxin affect its prey?
it has poison in it and the blue ringed octopus releases it into the prey. it has poison in it and the blue ringed octopus releases it into the prey.
Do Blue Ringed Octopuses benefit the Great Barrier Reef?
yes
How big are the blue ringed octopuses?
The blue ringed octopus are quite small. They are 5 - 8 inches, or about the size of a golfball.
Do blue-ringed octopuses bite or sting?
Tetrodoxtin is the type of toxin contained in blue-ringed octopus saliva, the same type of poison that puffer fish have. A milligram or less, about a pin-head amount, is all that is needed to kill an adult human.
How do blue ringed octopuses move?
they crawl or they swim by expelling (squirting) water
