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    blue-ringed octopus (Hapalochlaena lunulata) Southern blue-ringed octopus or lesser blue-ringed octopus (Hapalochlaena maculosa) Blue-lined octopus (Hapalochlaena...
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    The greater blue-ringed octopus (Hapalochlaena lunulata) is one of four species of extremely venomous blue-ringed octopuses belonging to the family Octopodidae...
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    The southern blue-ringed octopus (Hapalochlaena maculosa) is one of three (or perhaps four) highly venomous species of blue-ringed octopuses. It is most...
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    the greater blue-ringed octopus (Hapalochlaena lunulata), southern blue-ringed octopus (Hapalochlaena maculosa), and the blue-ringed octopus (Hapalochlaena...
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    All species are venomous, but only blue-ringed octopuses have venom that is lethal to humans. Blue-ringed octopuses are among the deadliest animals in...
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    stonefish and a variety of smaller marine creatures such as bluebottles, blue-ringed octopus, cone shells and jellyfish. It is estimated that there are about...
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  • annularis) Blue ring danio (Danio tinwini sp. Blue Ring), the Blue Ring, a breed of danio goldfish Blue-ringed octopus (genus Hapalochlaena) Blue-ring topsnail...
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  • Secrets of the Octopus is a nature documentary television series that depicts a variety of octopus species in a variety of habitats. The first episode...
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    or pests for human activities. The bite of the blue-ringed octopus is often fatal, and that of Octopus apollyon causes inflammation that can last over...
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    kilograms (1,300 to 1,500 lb). All octopuses have venom, but few are fatally dangerous. The greater blue-ringed octopus, however, is considered to be one...
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    S2CID 43941481. Mäthger, L. M. (2012). "How does the blue-ringed octopus (Hapalochlaena lunulata) flash its blue rings?". The Journal of Experimental Biology. 215...
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    widely by species. Many species of octopus, squid, and cuttlefish make use of venom when hunting their prey. The blue-ringed octopodes (Hapalochlaena spp.)...
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  • bite, snakebite, bee, wasp and ant stings in allergic individuals, blue ringed octopus stings, cone shell stings, etc. The object of pressure immobilisation...
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  • mechanism to conserve energy. Paralyzing venom, such as that of the blue ringed octopus. As a side effect of medicines or recreational drugs, hypoventilation...
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    Pufferfish) Greenland shark Barracuda (age and diet dependent) Blue-ringed octopus Pfeffer's flamboyant cuttlefish Blister beetle Diamphidia Cinnabar...
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    Caldwell, Roy L.; Huffard, Christine L. (2002-07-01). "Inking in a Blue-Ringed Octopus, Hapalochlaena lunulata, with a Vestigial Ink Sac" (PDF). Pacific...
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    beach. They learn about dangers such as rocks, animals (e.g. the blue-ringed octopus), and surf conditions, such as rip currents, sandbars, and waves...
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    50-60 rings flashing bright iridescent blue within a third of a second. In the greater blue-ringed octopus (Hapalochlaena lunulata), the rings contain...
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    contexts as well. Examples of toxungen use for predation include the blue-ringed octopus, which can squirt its secretion into water to immobilize or kill...
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    Tetrodotoxin (category Octopus toxins)
    species, including: all octopuses and cuttlefish in small amounts, but specifically several species of the blue-ringed octopus, including Hapalochlaena...
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    reef slopes out to a depth of 25–30m. Flamboyant cuttlefish, blue-ringed octopus, mimic octopus, and bobtail squids are common cephalopods found in the Mabul...
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  • place) Triggerfish (6th place) Macaque (3rd place) Yak (5th place) Blue ringed octopus (2nd place) Giant moray eel (4th place) Gaur (2nd place) Banded sea...
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    like mate guarding and flushing. The Hapalochlaena lunulata, or the blue-ringed octopus, readily mates with both males and females. In a variety of marine...
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    the stings of cone snails and the venomous bites of certain octopuses; blue-ringed octopuses bite only when provoked, but their venom kills a quarter of...
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  • high school student working part-time at a café. Her nickname is blue-ringed octopus. Wasabi Kawamura (川村山葵, Kawamura Wasabi) Voiced by: Kentaro Ito (Japanese);...
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    Octopodidae (category Octopus stubs)
    The Octopodidae comprise the family containing the majority of known octopus species (about 175 species). The World Register of Marine Species lists these...
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    cyanide. This poison can also be found in other animals such as the blue-ringed octopus, cone snails, and even some newts. The pufferfish does not create...
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    Most scorpions The box jellyfish Elapid snakes The cone snail The Blue-ringed octopus Venomous fish Frogs Palythoa coral Various different types of algae...
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    unidentified compound as lethal as the venom of fellow cephalopod, the blue-ringed octopus. However, this toxin is found only in the muscle and is not injected...
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    shown the toxin to be the same as that of fellow cephalopod the blue-ringed octopus.[better source needed] However, preliminary results from researchers...
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