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Do you think a Blue Ringed Octopus knows its rings are blue?

Posted - February 27, 2017
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  • I hope I never get close enough to one to ask. Those things are deadly. Perhaps, like somebody with hepatitis who thinks everything is yellow, they think that everything is blue. 
      February 27, 2017 3:34 PM MST
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    Didge, do you have these in Oz?  I know they grow to be 'biggly' (to quote the orange one). Good answer. 
      February 27, 2017 3:43 PM MST
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  • Yes we do, though I've never seen one. Maybe they're smart enough to keep away from people. 
      February 27, 2017 3:49 PM MST
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  • Actually they're quite small... palm of your hands size ... and that's the danger.. they hide in shells that people pick up
      February 27, 2017 4:12 PM MST
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    Ozgirl, thanks so much for this. Now I know. 
      February 27, 2017 4:17 PM MST
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  • It happens when diving... people find a nice shell.. stick it inside their wet suit then oomph...
      February 27, 2017 4:19 PM MST
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    YIKES!!!
      February 27, 2017 4:40 PM MST
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  • Fraid so... if you can keep keep the heart beating  by artifical means and keep up resuscitation they can survive ... but it takes a team as it can go on for several hours
      February 27, 2017 6:48 PM MST
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  • Not when they are little. But eventually they learn ,
    whey they can't get to the yellow ringed octopuses garden.
    In the shade.
      February 27, 2017 3:58 PM MST
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  • Only when they are really pi**ed off!
      February 27, 2017 4:14 PM MST
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