He filmed his antics on Facebook, joking that he had had an "interesting two day introduction to fishing". His fellow backpacker from Ireland can be seen dangling the octopus above his bare wrist.

An Exeter backpacker in Australia says he's "still freaked out" after filming his mates inadvertently playing with an octopus that can kill a bus load of adults with its toxic venom. Pinhoe man Ross ...

The blue-ringed octopus may be tiny, but its venom is deadly. A video of a man holding this world's venomous animal goes viral online.

A British tourist narrowly escaped a fatal encounter in the Philippines after handling a venomous blue-ringed octopus, mistaking it for a harmless bab ...

In June 2024 and for years, rumors have spread that a very small, beautiful octopus covered in blue rings has enough venom to kill 26 adults within minutes: The blue-ringed octopus, despite its small ...

A woman was bitten by the deadly blue-ringed octopus while swimming off a popular beach in Sydney. The woman, who is in her 30s, was nipped after the tiny creature fell out of a shell she picked up at ...

Octopuses have gotten a reputation for being cunning camouflagers and intelligent creatures. But some are known for a more ominous reason: They're deadly. One group — the blue-ringed octopus (genus ...

Don't let the beauty or size of the blue-ringed octopus fool you. While it's quite stunning, with bright yellow skin patterned with small blue rings that intensify when it is threatened or under ...

The Blue-lined Octopus is a species of octopus famous for its highly toxic tetrodotoxin, and inhabits the shallow waters and coral reefs of the Western Pacific Ocean from the Ogasawara Islands and the ...

A concerned mother has issued a desperate warning after finding a deadly blue ringed octopus in the rock pools at Bondi beach which are popular among children hunting for sea life. She posted an image ...

Two British backpackers have shocked Facebook users by playing with a deadly blue-ringed octopus. Ross Saunders and friend Johnpaul Lennon had been fishing in Australia when they caught the yellow and ...

BRIT backpackers risked their lives by letting a blue-ringed octopus – with enough venom to kill 26 people – touch their skin. Ross Saunders claimed he didn’t realise that he had caught the “dangerous ...