Blue ring octopus is a very small species of octopus, mainly distributed in the Taiping Sea between Japan and Australia, it looks like the size of a ping-pong ball, the arm span does not exceed 15cm, who can refuse such a cute little octopus? Many people who see it by the sea can't help but hold it in the palm of their hands.
And then.. You probably won't have to do it again...
Mistake demonstration, do not imitate
Such a cute little octopus is actually one of the most poisonous animals in the world. The toxin hidden in this little body can poison 26 adults in a matter of minutes!
The blue-ringed octopus does not actively attack humans, it usually hides itself in the environment, and only changes its body color to bright yellow when it is disturbed and attacked, showing a blue circle pattern, and bites back with a poisonous beak. So, when the blue ring octopus appears in the blue ring, don't touch it~!
The venom secreted by blue-ringed octopus contains puffer toxin, serotonin, histamine, octopus amine and other substances, of which the main neurotoxin is very famous than potassium cyanide 1000 times more toxic, there is no antidote to "pufferfish toxin".
Pufferfish toxin (TTX)
After being bitten by a blue-ringed octopus, it can cause muscle paralysis, and even if the patient is conscious, he cannot breathe, let alone react to any movements. The first aid method is to continuously carry out "artificial respiration" until the concentration of toxins in the body decreases with the body's metabolism and the patient can resume spontaneous breathing... This process usually takes a long time. However, if you are lucky enough to survive 24 hours, there is still a good chance that you will be able to fully recover
Golden Arrow Poison Frog
Poison dart frog, just listen to this name, you know that this frog is not small.
Indeed, the poison dart frog is one of the most toxic species in the world, mainly distributed in tropical rainforests such as Brazil, Guyana, and Chile, and the golden poison dart frog is the most toxic species. Its entire skin is covered with mucus containing BATRACHOTOXIN, a toxin in a golden dart frog that can poison ten adults in three minutes.
Golden Arrow Poison Frog
Poison dart frog toxin, is a steroidal alkaloid extracted from species such as poison dart frog, is currently known to be one of the most toxic non-peptide neurotoxins, the indigenous people of Colombia often use the poison dart frog venom to make arrows.
Poison dart frog toxin can permanently deprive people of the ability to send chemical signals to the heart and central nervous system, when the human body loses these functions, it means general paralysis, heart failure... Moreover, it is also without antidote.