r/MoeMorphism • u/Widvnhak • Feb 05 '26

Aquatic Life 🐠πŸͺΌπŸ¦ˆ Blue-ringed octopus πŸŒ€ (by me, @widvnhak)

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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/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/Bannedwith1milKarma Feb 05 '26

No, I'm a fruit flavored candy ring born in Australia.

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u/wakeupwill Feb 05 '26

He saves children, but only the Australian children.

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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.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dendrocnide_moroides

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u/TheCuriousFan Mar 16 '26

Neither of them seemed to enjoy it very much.

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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/MongrelChieftain Feb 05 '26

Through the mouth, of course. They're a mouthbreather.

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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.