I think they are the only venemous octopus, but all of them can give some nasty bites with their beaks of DOOM!

/DOOM!

Who lets their child "mess with" an octopus?

This is where a *crickey* tag would have come in handy.

Is every animal is Australia venomous?

whitxcore


Who lets their child "mess with" an octopus?


who lets their kid near an octopus?

Are we now going to see octopus retaliation attacks a la Steve Irwin?

First person to bring up Steve Irwin gets a stingray barb to the heart.

/Oops...that would be me
//Crikey!

hershmire you win. Take a deep breath - this might sting a little...

Oh what joy for every girl and boy,
Knowing they're happy and they're safe.

Not anymore, kiddies.

/kudos to anyone who gets this

A moose once bit my sister...

Maybe the boy heard there was gold in his belly.

Sharks, stingrays, and now venomous octopus. Whats next, lobster attacks, revenge of the King crabs? Forget PETA, I'm beginning to think the species of the ocean are finally fed up with the human overlord's. Swim at your own risk people, tomorrow I'm buying a swimming pool.

Octopus are pretty fun to play with. The suckers feel really cool as they crawl up your arm.

But seriously, have the parents never seen Octopussy?

If only Australia had some kind of wildlife expert who took on dangerous creatures such as this one. Oh well.

Is every animal is Australia venomous?

Australia has more dangerous critters than anywhere else in the world.

SpankyPinkbottom, jokes on you. I am a sting ray.

At least it wasn't a rape!

Tako Attack-O!
/If you knew sushi...
//Thoughts are with the kid and his family.

I got only 3 things to say about TFA:

Bwahahahahahaha!

I think a Welshman told me once that the top 80 most venomous critters on the planet were found in Australia.

Those parents are absolute morons!

/any questions?

Glass Tidal Pool!

He was attacked by an octopus. How ironic.

From what I hear, platypus are one of the very few varieties of venomous mammals.

// no, really

Nasti Asti: Swim at your own risk people, tomorrow I'm buying a swimming pool.

If your name is M. Night Shyamalan, please don't.

Cripes... I still remember:

"He said to me, 'I can't walk,' and his legs were all floppy," she told the Nine Network.


A TALKING poisonous octopus!

of course they change color, why would they be so awesome if they didn't?

Where was the parental supervision? Who the fark plays with an octopus anyway?

animefarka

Wasn't Ringo's wife a bond girl too? Was she in Octopussy?

/I'd like to be
//under the sea

2006-10-08 01:01:14 PM TheGreenMonkey

Darkfalz Is every animal is Australia venomous?

From what I understand, pretty much, yeah!

I watched one of those wildlife shows a couple of years ago, and the host made the claim that Australia had the most venomous creature of all types. The most venomous spider, the most venomous snake, the most venomous fish, etc. And now, it seems, the most venomous octopus.

Don't know how true that claim is as I have never done the research but anecdotally it sure seems that way.

Go figure, huh?

Actually a lot of Australia's creatures are no more venomous than those you would find on other continents. The problem, however, is that the venom used by a lot of Australian critters is exremely toxic to simians (including us).

If you were say, a dog or cat then these things would be about as venomous as creatures found in Africa or Asia, or the Americas. It is a big mystery why Australian creatures evolved venom that is so toxic specifically to humans and apes and monkeys.

thats what you get when you disturb someone havin his shrimp on the barbie...

You think that's bad? I'll have you know that there is not a single documented case of someone surviving after being bitten by a hippo.

Twister58201 It is a big mystery why Australian creatures evolved venom that is so toxic specifically to humans and apes and monkeys.

There is no such thing as evolution. God just hates australians.

Wanted for questioning

For all who don't know, the blue ringed octopus is a tiny creature usually no more than 2 inches in size.

One-Armed Badger

God just hates australians.

Either that or the Brits really underestimated the survival skills of convicts :-)

Man that just Sucks.
It sucks.
Sucks I say!

Octupus...sucks....

Yeah got nuthin.

FarkmeBlind:

If your name is M. Night Shyamalan, please don't.

Never heard of this. My last bf, was a spelunker, he kept reminding me of my deep personality, and something about a deafening echo.

Btw, if you don't die within 24 hours (due to temporary respiratory system failure) you'll usually end up fully recovering. The kid's ok.

Nasti Asti

Never heard of this.

he's referring to that gawdawful swimming pool movie

Not even the enchanting Bryce Howard could make me sit thru that tripe



yum

see
/c

hershmire:I am a sting ray.

Cool. I loved your Electric Sea album.

/Obscure?

animefarka:
:)

I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus' garden in the shade
He'd let us in, knows where we've been
In his octopus' garden in the shade

I'd ask my friends to come and see
An octopus' garden with me
I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus' garden in the shade.

We would be warm below the storm
In our little hideaway beneath the waves
Resting our head on the sea bed
In an octopus' garden near a cave

We would sing and dance around
because we know we can't be found
I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus' garden in the shade

We would shout and swim about
The coral that lies beneath the waves
(Lies beneath the ocean waves)
Oh what joy for every girl and boy
Knowing they're happy and they're safe
(Happy and they're safe)

We would be so happy you and me
No one there to tell us what to do
I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus' garden with you.

What did the kid do, stick his thimb up its' bum?

/Now he's REALLY mad!!!

I keep looking for the damned "Crikey" tag...