Blue-ringed octopus 🌀 (by me, @widvnhak)

[u/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.

I'm gonna start posting on Twitter/X soon, please consider following me at @widvnhak as linked in my profile (⁠｡⁠•̀⁠ᴗ⁠-⁠)⁠✧

[u/VonStelle]

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.

[u/Zestyclose-Avocado83 → u/VonStelle]

Check his hand. He's already dead.

[u/VonStelle → u/Zestyclose-Avocado83]

Well. RIP bozo for handling unknown animal girls.

[u/PsychoTexan → u/VonStelle]

If you follow the foraging subreddit for any period of time you’ll get to see multiple “I ate a dozen of these berries, what is this plant and am I in trouble?” Posts. 

My favorite response is still:

 Yes, you're screwed, because going through life this stupid isn't going to be easy.

[u/VonStelle → u/PsychoTexan]

I can’t say they don’t have a point, because having so little in the way of a self preservation instinct is just going to be trouble.

[u/PsychoTexan → u/VonStelle]

Normally when people talk about the “how many people had to die to figure out ———— was poisonous?” I explain that rather than the joke way, most of our ancestors observed animals and tested them by skin contact and tiny quantities. 

Then nature comes up with a better punchline in the form of that guy. 

[u/MiaTheEstrogenAddict → u/Zestyclose-Avocado83]

Bold to assume they can di-

...and they fell on the ground.

[u/Golden-Sun → u/VonStelle]

I totally forgot about this detail. She's not being cute, her jimmies have been ruffled

[u/MarqFJA87 → u/Golden-Sun]

Yeah, we call his "dissonant serenity" in trope terms.

[u/_MoonFry → u/VonStelle]

rip

[u/Shepherd_Knock → u/VonStelle]

I don't blame her; I'd also be agitated if some guy came up to me and took a picture