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Despite being only centimetres long, the blue-ringed octopus is heralded as one of the most potentially deadly animals in the ocean due to its venom that is about 1000 times stronger than cyanide.<\/p>\n
A single bite from the species leads to nausea, respiratory arrest, heart failure, severe paralysis, blindness and death without urgent treatment.<\/p>\n
With such a deadly reputation, the video struck fear into a number of social media users after being posted to TikTok<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cCrazy how so many people don\u2019t actually know that this is one of the most, if not the most dangerously poisonous\/venomous creatures to ever exist,\u201d one user wrote.<\/p>\n A second said they were shocked to see the octopus had been caught at the popular beach, adding that \u201cthese things are deadly and they are not commonly found in Brighton Le Sands\u201d.<\/p>\n However, others noted that the species is mostly passive and only bites or shows its fluorescent blue rings when it feels threatened.<\/p>\n \u201cLeave the octopus alone they won\u2019t hurt you unless you try to hurt it,\u201d a third wrote. \u201cIts home is the ocean, nothing crazy about that!\u201d<\/p>\n According to Australian Geographic<\/a>, the \u201codds of being stung by a blue-ringed octopus are luckily relatively low, mainly because the animal is rarely encountered in the first place. Doing their best to avoid confrontation at all costs\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen humans have been stung, it\u2019s because they have either provoked or accidently stumbled across one of these tiny marine dwellers.\u201d<\/p>\n With no antivenom to treat a bite however, those who are unfortunate enough to have been struck by the species can only survive by receiving medical attention and, if needed, be placed under artificial respiration until the venom\u2019s effects wear off.<\/p>\n 7NEWS.com.au have approached Bayside Council for comment.<\/p>\n