You may not know that there is an animal that is third most toxic in the world. However, a bunch of people raise it as a pet to play with?
On January 17 this year, a video lead video said that his blue-ringed octopus had "escaped" again. According to him, the blue-ringed octopus had been "jailbroken" several times before, but this time, it even emptied the water tank and did not find the octopus.
Since the octopus would die a few hours after it left the water, he guessed that the octopus might have become a dried octopus. However, because the blue-ringed octopus is so small, it is likely that the body will not even be found in the end. Fans who learned of this incident comforted him with mourning and changing.
Blue ring octopus, commonly known as blue circle octopus, is shy by nature, likes to hide under stones, comes out at night to forage, has an arm span of no more than 15 cm, is the size of a ping-pong ball, eats small fish, small crabs, and crustaceans, mainly distributed in the sea between Japan and Australia.
The blue-ringed octopus can change the size of cells of different colors by contracting and developing, and then change its appearance. It can also disguise its skin into the same color as the environment. When the blue-ringed octopus encounters danger, it will emit a dazzling blue light in an attempt to scare off the other party.
From this point of view, this blue-ringed octopus seems to be quite cute, what is the point of saying that it is terrible?
It turns out that the blue-ringed octopus is one of the most poisonous marine organisms, and it is also the most poisonous cephalopod. According to the opinions of scholars from all over the world in the United States "World Wildlife" magazine, they selected the ten most poisonous species in the world, of which the blue-ringed octopus was ranked third, and even the king cobra we know as it was far behind it.
Don't look at its petite size, the venom on its body can kill a person within minutes of the attack, and the venom in the body of a blue-ringed octopus is enough to kill 26 adults.
But the main problem is that the poison of the blue-ringed octopus has so far no cure. Modern medicine is so developed that even if you are bitten by a poisonous snake, there is a serum, but the blue-ringed octopus has no antidote.
The blue-ringed octopus relies on tetrodotoxin it releases to kill people, a strong neurotoxin that is particularly deadly in humans with a nervous system. When attacked by an octopus, this toxin interferes with its nervous system, causing neurological disorders. When toxins are injected into an organism, the toxin spreads rapidly, destroying the organism's living system. In the human body, the toxin of the blue-ringed octopus invades all the muscles dominated by the human brain, and although the attacked person is conscious, he cannot communicate or breathe. If he did not do artificial respiration, he would gradually suffocate and die.
Therefore, if you are bitten by a blue-ringed octopus, the only first aid is to immediately hold down the chest and add artificial respiration, and continue artificial respiration until the injured person can breathe on his own.
Because the price of blue ring octopus is not very expensive, some reporters have checked, there is a sale in the online store, one is about 180 yuan, the most expensive is about two thousand pieces, many people can afford it, and even buy it as a pet. However, although the product description also says that it is the most poisonous marine creature, there are still many people who buy it to play. The store also said that the people who buy it generally keep blue-ringed octopuses as pets.
However, although the blue-ringed octopus is usually milder, it will also attack people if it is provoked. Ordinary people still try not to keep this poisonous creature as a pet, especially in residential areas, once the blue-ringed octopus escapes, it is likely to pose a threat to the lives of other residents in the community.
However, as for the blue-ringed octopus "jailbreak" mentioned earlier, in fact, friends who have raised octopuses know that this is a very common phenomenon.
When octopuses are trapped, they use their physical characteristics to escape to a suitable place. As long as there is an exit, the octopus cannot be shut down. Even many people say that octopuses are the smartest invertebrates.
In this regard, many people have done experiments to put the octopus into the maze, and it does not take long for it to remember the pattern of the maze and then quickly come out. For example, a video owner once shared the "jailbreak" experience of his octopus. His octopus began to escape from prison at night, and the route of each escape was different, as if he had remembered the pattern of the home.
As a result, the last time, after the octopus tried to escape the prison twice, both failed, on the third day it did not escape, but began to hit the fish tank with its head. A few hours later, the video owner found that the octopus had crawled to his bedside and was dead.
I really didn't expect that the octopus would be so stubborn!