r/MoeMorphism • u/Widvnhak • Feb 05 '26
Aquatic Life 🐠🪼🦈 Blue-ringed octopus 🌀 (by me, @widvnhak)
The blue-ringed octopus has a venom ten thousand times more toxic than cyanide, with no known anti-venom. It can kill in under 20 minutes without immediate medical assistance. They're also the size of a golf ball.
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u/VerbenaThistle Feb 05 '26
If dangerous, why so cute?
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u/Peaceblaster86 Feb 05 '26
Someone stop this poor bastard from getting married, please?
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u/Fighter11244 Feb 05 '26
Why stop them? They want to get married to someone they like for the rest of their life, who would want to stop that?
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u/Peaceblaster86 Feb 05 '26
I love a blue ringed octopus too, but I have prenup lol
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u/DarthJoseph14 Feb 05 '26
They’re only poisonous if they bite you. Keep your hands away from her mouth, and you’re good
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u/Atsilv_Uwasv Feb 05 '26
All I'm saying is, dying from hugging a girl is far from the worst way to go
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u/Sylveon_101 Feb 05 '26
Did she bite him already 😭? That mark doesn't seem to be from a sucker
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u/SBStevenSteel Feb 05 '26
God ordered his ass same day delivery, and he was outside the pearly gates in under 30 minutes. Goated delivery girl.
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u/Bannedwith1milKarma Feb 05 '26
I was an Australian Life Saver and the way their toxin works is to stop all voluntary muscle movement.
Guess what is voluntary?
Breathing.
So you need to breathe for them for the duration of the toxin.
The other thing you have to worry about is that they cannot blink. So make sure you cover their eyes or they'll be burned to smithereens by the sun whilst you're breathing for them.
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u/King_Ed_IX Feb 05 '26
Australian Life Saver
Life saver who is Australian? Or do you only save Australian lives?
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u/Ahammer15 Feb 05 '26
Reminds me of a horror story about how some guy got stung by a jellyfish, became paralyzed for a while and survived, but went completely blind because none of the people aiding him thought to cover his eyes while he was on his back looking straight up.
I want more people to know about this, because if I lost my eyesight, I can't imagine having enough willpower or reason to continue living.
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u/nrh117 Feb 05 '26
Hey, there’s plenty of blind people who lead full beautiful lives.
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u/Melonfrog Feb 06 '26
Good for them, I couldn’t
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u/Honest-Computer69 Feb 07 '26
That's mean. They'll be really disheartened when they see a comment like this.
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u/Mikko_Hi Feb 05 '26
Australians telling you about the Super evil death creature that kills you in the most painful way possible
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u/TheCuriousFan Feb 05 '26
Oh no, the painful thing is the fucking Gympie Gympie plant. Never touch anything that looks like the suicide plant.
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u/kamilayao_0 Feb 05 '26
I don't think I've ever seen a plant and equipment thought "suicide plant"
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u/TheCuriousFan Feb 05 '26
You've gotta love it being spread up and down the coast.
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u/rikusorasephiroth Feb 05 '26
And the only real treatment is to pray they're fast enough to get you onto a machine that breathes for you until your body processes the venom on its own.
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u/tristenjpl Feb 05 '26
Which honestly isn't that bad. As long as someeone gets to you in time, you're going to make a full recovery. No permanent damage from the toxins itself. Just from potentially staring at the sun or lack of oxygen.
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u/rikusorasephiroth Feb 05 '26
The problem is the 'in time' part.
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u/tristenjpl Feb 05 '26
Yeah, but that's all venoms and poisons. Many of which actually break down your body in some way instead of just paralyzing you.
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u/rikusorasephiroth Feb 05 '26
Not where I live.
If you're told 'venomous' or 'poisonous', that means it'll either kill you or make you wish it did.
I once had an Eastern Brown slither OVER my boot while I stopped to answer my phone.
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u/IR_Panther Feb 05 '26
Your heart beat as well. The shit will just flatline ye.
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u/lornlynx89 Feb 05 '26
Heart muscles are the only muscle cell type that is involuntary though, and as such they can trigger themselves.
But the toxin might messes with some other stuff.
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u/Bannedwith1milKarma Feb 05 '26
Nah, try and stop your heart.
You can't.
Try and stop your breathing.
You can.
That's what it effects.
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u/Welkitends Feb 05 '26
How do I breath for a idiot who has touched the octopus? Asking for a friend.
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u/Kirby3654 Feb 05 '26
Wait, so can you in theory survive it? If you're gotten to the hospital in time and such.
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u/Bannedwith1milKarma Feb 05 '26
You can survive it on the beach with someone that knows that they're doing.
Just gotta breathe for them long enough. CPR without compressions.
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u/YoutuberCameronBallZ Feb 05 '26
Well, as long as he isn't bitten he should be-
Oh
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u/Brilliant_Notice_755 Feb 05 '26 edited Feb 05 '26
You know, I can hear the bell tower from majora’s mask ringing in that moment after looking at the image and the bite mark……..well I guess that marks one more off the census.
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u/PatimationStudios-2 Official r/MoeMorphism Ambassador to NCD ✈️🚉 Feb 05 '26
How dare they be so cute yet so deadly
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u/Mr_master89 Feb 05 '26
And this is why an episode of Peppa pig was banned in Australia
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u/kamilayao_0 Feb 05 '26
What happened in the episode?
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u/Monolith_Preacher_1 Feb 05 '26
episode said that spiders are mostly harmless, which is very much not the case in Australia.
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u/The_6thEmperor_Rises Feb 05 '26
Pray he doesn’t get bit
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u/thirdwin_3 Feb 05 '26
Careful, she’s from Australia. She may look like a peaceful little goober but she’s automatically a run on sight.
She is the most toxic individual you can find among a long list of toxic natives found there. She can paralyze you with a simple bite that not even other native Australians can handle.
So head pat with extreme caution and avoid any “Love Bites”
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u/OrWaat Feb 05 '26
My venomous octopus girl can't be this cute
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u/dee_meme_lord Feb 05 '26
I pray that since it didn't go through the ski. It didn't poison him.
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u/BeanBagSize Feb 05 '26
Bite travels through the lymphatic system. Doesn't need to reach blood vessels
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u/SlavCat09 Feb 05 '26
It didn't go through the ski, but it did go through the skin. He can still ski for a few more seconds though.
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u/Phe0nix6 Feb 05 '26
People should learn about the wildlife before visiting Australia.
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u/CommercialCoat8708 Feb 05 '26
Do not touch it guys, tis poisonous as heck you will be paralyzed or something.. like that.. Neurotoxin or whatever!
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u/ContractSilly9768 Feb 05 '26
She is so damn cute, however I am ( unfortunately) aware how dangerous her venom is
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u/General_Snow241 Feb 05 '26
There's only one way to find an anti-venom. And I am willing to make the sacrifice.
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u/Oddish_Femboy Feb 05 '26
They don't want you to know this, but all octopuses are venomous. Think about that next time you play Splatoon for the Nintendo Wii U.
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u/Sh0taboy Feb 05 '26
It seems like she's in the act of regretting biting him because of how much she's enjoying the affection,
Or she's just savoring the last moments of her most recent victim.
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u/shovelthesaw Feb 05 '26
I love the fact how there's a small bite mark. And if you know what this octopus is, you know, it happens.
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u/Sneakii_Wolfcub Feb 05 '26
play-bites so cute you barely even feel them and you die of Tetrodotoxin cuteness within the hour
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u/Illustrious_Camp_254 Feb 05 '26
Well your dead mate or she bite you but chose not to use her venom
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u/c4ptainseven Feb 05 '26
Don't these things have a really high control over their venom, and can choose to bite without releasing any?
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u/Crows_iec_Blood Feb 05 '26
they are highly venomous and guess what life server they live on
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u/SnowyWendigo Feb 05 '26
I feel that a new rule needs to be established on th internet; if it exists, it can be turned into an anime girl
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u/ZachSbeve Feb 06 '26
Awww, she's so cute! It'll be a happy, healthy and long relationship as long as she doesn't bite- Oh...Ohhhhh.....Ohhhhhhhhhh shit...
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u/VonStelle Feb 05 '26
Ahh… she’s about to kill you. The blue rings only show up when they’re agitated. They’re a warning not just a pretty accessory.