The Southern blue-ringed octopus (Hapalochlaena maculosa) is found up to 50 metres deep along Australia's southern coastline, including around Tasmania. It reaches about 22 centimetres long and its ...

The Southern blue-ringed octopus (Hapalochlaena maculosa) is found up to 50 metres deep along Australia's southern coastline, including around Tasmania. It reaches about 22 centimetres long and its ...

Playfulness became panic when Jess Maree's 13-year-old daughter was bitten by a highly venomous blue-ringed octopus while on holiday.

Occurred on May 20, 2023 / Lembeh, Sulawesi, Indonesia Info from Licensor: "Blue ring octopus is a small octopus only a few centimeters long. Normally earth-colored, it turns yellow when excited ...

A 13-year-old girl holidaying near Batemans Bay was bitten by a highly venomous blue-ringed octopus. I am a regional daily ...

Can this blue ring gurit is very venomous and works very quickly, so it can quickly lead to death. That's the reality for those less fortunate bitten by a blue-ringed octopus. At first the bite is ...

Mr Holmes says there is no anti-venom for this octopus bite and if treatment is not quickly administered, death is extremely likely. "It's very rare to see a blue ring octopus bite. It's ...