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Do blue-ringed octopuses bite or sting?

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∙ 14y ago
Updated: 10/8/2023

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.

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