SPT: Blue Ringed Octopus (920 hits)
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Rating: 1.55 on 33 reviews (Rate this item) (V)
Submitted by strwbryfanatic (View user info) at 2006-08-24 11:41:30 EDT
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Submitted by Merlina (user info) at 2007-04-17 16:14:36 EDT (#)
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Submitted by thecaes (user info) at 2007-03-16 21:58:31 EDT (#)
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Yeesh.
Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2007-01-18 16:07:37 EST (#)
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Submitted by strwbryfanatic (user info) at 2006-08-25 17:09:49 (#)
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By the way, RyuFu, in case you were actually interested:
I have no definitive answer for the question about eating the Blue Ringed Octopus, but it sounds like you could eat it. Although from what I've read, octopus is not a highly sought after menu item.
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I had octopus for dinner one evening when I was down in Ixtapa, Mexico. It wasn't all that great...similar to calamari (squid), only chewier and blander, and with more suction cups on the tenticles.
And no it wasn't blue-ringed octopus I ate...I have no idea what kind it was, though I'm certain it wasn't THAT specific species.
Submitted by ChristPuncher (user info) at 2006-08-28 23:56:41 EDT (#)
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Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2006-08-25 12:48:34 (#)
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heart massage.... ewwww. wow. get bit by one of these fuckers and they give you open heart surgery. awesome. i'd rather just die and leave it be, at least it'd be quick.
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WHO GIVES DA HEART MASSAGE, DAKOTA FANNING???
go sox woo!!!
Submitted by strwbryfanatic (user info) at 2006-08-25 17:09:49 EDT (#)
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By the way, RyuFu, in case you were actually interested:
I have no definitive answer for the question about eating the Blue Ringed Octopus, but it sounds like you could eat it. Although from what I've read, octopus is not a highly sought after menu item.
Submitted by strwbryfanatic (user info) at 2006-08-25 17:05:56 EDT (#)
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Submitted by little_miss_know_it_all (user info) at 2006-08-25 13:53:21 (#)
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Have you read 'State of Fear' by Michael Crichton? This little baby is used as a weapon.
How awesome is that?
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No, I haven't. That's so cool!!
Submitted by little_miss_know_it_all (user info) at 2006-08-25 13:53:21 EDT (#)
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Have you read 'State of Fear' by Michael Crichton? This little baby is used as a weapon.
How awesome is that?
Submitted by Bob_Dole (user info) at 2006-08-25 12:56:36 EDT (#)
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Thats exaxctly why I stay on the beach and get drunk. I dont play well with fishes.
(Don't go in the water, FISH FUCK IN IT!)
Submitted by Death_Metal_Dude (user info) at 2006-08-25 12:56:02 EDT (#)
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you should do one of these on fugu, the pufferfish that contains a potentially deadly poison called tetrodotoxin. the guanidinium group is attracted to the inside of human sodium ion channels and the imidazole ring gets lodged, cutting off the flow of ions through the channels. this affects impulse transmission and therefore muscle function. in fact, in some countries in the bahamas a shaman would give a person the poison, wait until after the funeral, and dig up the body and use his 'shaman powers' to revive the person and convince him that he had brought him back from the dead and that he was forever a slave. however the real explanation is that because the toxin disables muscle function, the person wasn't really dead, he was just paralyzed. the toxin is lethal only 60% of the time.
I don't have a clue why I wrote that, I guess I'm just epicly bored
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2006-08-25 12:48:34 EDT (#)
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heart massage.... ewwww. wow. get bit by one of these fuckers and they give you open heart surgery. awesome. i'd rather just die and leave it be, at least it'd be quick.
Submitted by goferforhire (user info) at 2006-08-25 12:45:32 EDT (#)
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beautiful
Submitted by Jack_McCallum (user info) at 2006-08-25 12:34:46 EDT (#)
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"...two excretion glands that, together, are the same size as its brain."
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Oddly enough, this applies to me and Shlongy. I have huge balls and I am a flawless multitasker, while Shlongy has a rather tiny brain and often forgets to take his testosterone injections.
Submitted by matnotharry (user info) at 2006-08-24 20:57:05 EDT (#)
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Wikipedia without the hard bits
Submitted by The_taste_of_Monkeys (user info) at 2006-08-24 20:41:05 EDT (#)
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Brill as always
Submitted by strwbryfanatic (user info) at 2006-08-24 19:55:42 EDT (#)
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Submitted by RyuFu (user info) at 2006-08-24 15:50:18 (#)
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But how does it taste?
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I will look into this. I hate every sort of seafood out there, so I can't imagine I'd want to try an octopus, let alone an extremely poisonous one (in other words, I'm going to see if it's edible).
How've you been? Shoot me an email sometime: strwbryfanatic.at.gmail.com
Submitted by strwbryfanatic (user info) at 2006-08-24 19:51:38 EDT (#)
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Submitted by DeathJester (user info) at 2006-08-24 12:30:48 (#)
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I believe you are incorrect regarding the toxicity of the octopus, specifically the statement that it is more toxic than any land animal.
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"The bite might be painless, but this octopus injects a neuromuscular paralysing venom. The venom contains some maculotoxin, a poison more violent than any found on land animals. The nerve conduction is blocked and neuromuscular paralysis is followed by death. The victim might be saved if artificial respiration starts before marked cyanosis and hypotension develops. The blue-ringed octopus is the size of a golf ball but its poison is powerful enough to kill an adult human in minutes."
http://www.barrierreefaustralia.com/the-great-barrier-reef/blueringedoctopus.htm
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"When the threat is unavoidable, the Blue-ringed octopus ejects a neuromuscular venom that contains maculotoxin and tetrodotoxin which cause paralysis. This poison is fatal and more potent than any poison found in land animals."
http://marinebio.org/species.asp?id=403
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Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2006-08-24 13:48:16 (#)
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but if there's no antidote for its bite what would seeking help do? they just put you on life-support until it wears off or something?
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There's no known antidote. The only treatment is hours of heart massage and artificial respiration until the poison has worked its way out of your system.
The venom contains tetrodotoxin, which blocks sodium channels and causes motor paralysis and occasionally respiratory failure. Though with fixed dilated pupils, the senses of the patients are often intact. The victims are aware but unable to respond."
http://www.barrierreefaustralia.com/the-great-barrier-reef/blueringedoctopus.htm
Submitted by JMG114 (user info) at 2006-08-24 19:31:02 EDT (#)
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"Jaws" was originally about a blue-ringed octopus. Really. Only not really.
Submitted by ticklish_squirrel (user info) at 2006-08-24 15:56:11 EDT (#)
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Nice!
Submitted by RyuFu (user info) at 2006-08-24 15:50:18 EDT (#)
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But how does it taste?
Submitted by DudeThatsBOSH (user info) at 2006-08-24 15:47:23 EDT (#)
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that octopod is a faggot
Submitted by Durae (user info) at 2006-08-24 15:21:33 EDT (#)
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COOL
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2006-08-24 13:48:16 EDT (#)
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but if there's no antidote for its bite what would seeking help do? they just put you on life-support until it wears off or something?
Submitted by icarus1987 (user info) at 2006-08-24 13:26:41 EDT (#)
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Looks like my grandma.
Submitted by DeathJester (user info) at 2006-08-24 12:30:48 EDT (#)
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I believe you are incorrect regarding the toxicity of the octopus, specifically the statement that it is more toxic than any land animal.
I submit to you the Golden Poison Arrow Frog, Phyllobates Terribilis.
"One wild terribilis specimen may contain up to 1900 micrograms of toxins! Myers and Daly, indirectly judged the human lethal dose of this toxin to be in the range of 2-200 micrograms. The poison would be lethal to humans if it entered an open wound."
"... alkaloids prevent sodium channels from closing, thus preventing nerves from electrically transmitting impulses and therefore, muscles remain in an inactive state of contraction. Ultimately, the heart experiences arrhythmias which can lead to fibrillation and heart failure."
http://www.herpetologic.net/frogs/caresheets/terribilis.html
Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2006-08-24 12:16:30 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Coleslaw_Murphy (user info) at 2006-08-24 12:11:29 EDT (#)
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Just here to drop off my mandatory +2 strwbryfanatic SPT.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2006-08-24 12:10:13 EDT (#)
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I'd club a baby seal
But you know I won't ingest it
I'd tell my vegan girlfriend
You know I wouldn't suggest it
All my shoes are leather
And I don't care whether or not
All the cute little animals
were to be SHOT.
Submitted by HadToBeDone (user info) at 2006-08-24 12:04:00 EDT (#)
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Brilliant.
Submitted by SilvrWolf (user info) at 2006-08-24 12:02:20 EDT (#)
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Submitted by strwbryfanatic (user info) at 2006-08-24 11:57:06 EDT (#)
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Submitted by COMountain (user info) at 2006-08-24 11:53:31 (#)
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I'd hit it.
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Hahahahahahahaha!
Love it!
Submitted by COMountain (user info) at 2006-08-24 11:53:31 EDT (#)
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I'd hit it.
Submitted by The_Mighty_Badger (user info) at 2006-08-24 11:49:35 EDT (#)
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Maybe if it got rid of the poison and used that space for more brain it wouldn't be an octopus. Think about it.
Submitted by alwayspeach1 (user info) at 2006-08-24 11:45:29 EDT (#)
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