Blue Ringed Octupus

[rdhopkins2]

Blue Ringed Octopus

If you see one of these little lovelies then swim the other way!!
There have been a couple in swimming spots lately in Port Phillip Bay.
If bitten, call 000 immediately.

Reassure the patient and encourage them to remain calm and still.
Pressure-immobilisation bandage the bite and surrounding areas.
Be prepared to administer CPR

 

[wce_all_da_way]

Re: Blue Ringed Octopus

These things kept me away from the beach when I was a kid. Just the thought of them scared the shit out of me when I heard a story about a girl accidentally touching one in a shell or something and dying pretty quickly. Not nice.

 

[Geelong_Sicko]

I think those bright blue spots only flare up when they're pissed off or otherwise disturbed. Meaning if they don't know you're there you'd have bugger all chance of spotting them.

 

[coke_zero]

it would not be nice getting bitten from one of those. bloody hell those blue spots are bright!

 

[Herne Hill Hammer]

I remember years ago, probably early 80s, an off duty soldier was holidaying down at Torquay and found one in the rock pools that used to be at the front beach around near Point Danger. From memory he picked it up and put it on his chest. He was dead in either 30secs or within 30mins. Straight to the heart.

 

[Wahooti Fandango]

Almost as scary as Iraganjis.

 

[Herne Hill Hammer]

Almost as scary as Iraganjis.

Irukandjis. I'd never heard of them. I was posted to Cairns for a couple of years and within a few months of arriving there a tourist had been killed by one.

 

[bigdroppunt]

i see these little guys at work all the time.... most ppl dont understand just how small they really are.... they always look flipping masiive in the pictures... but in real life... you wouldnt have any problems fitting one in a stubbie....

 

[Wahooti Fandango]

Irukandjis. I'd never heard of them. I was posted to Cairns for a couple of years and within a few months of arriving there a tourist had been killed by one.

Thanks for the spelling correction. Yeah, they are dangerous little bastards. People often wear stockings over their body if they want to swim when these guys are around.

Symptoms of a sting;

Most stings occur during the summer wet season in December-January. As the Jellyfish is very small, and as the venom is only injected through the tips of the nematocysts (the cnidocysts) rather than the entire lengths; the sting may barely be noticed at first. It has been described as feeling like little more than a mosquito bite. The symptoms, however, gradually become apparent and then more and more intense in the following 5 to 120 minutes (30 minutes on average). Irukandji syndrome includes an array of systemic symptoms including severe headache, backache, muscle pains, chest and abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting, sweating, anxiety, hypertension, and pulmonary edema.[3][9] One unusual symptom associated with Irukandji syndrome is a feeling of "impending doom".[10] Patients have been reported as being so certain that they are going to die that they beg their doctors to kill them to get it over with.[11] Symptoms generally abate in 4 to 30 hours, but may take up to two weeks to resolve completely.[4]

 

[Geelong_Sicko]

i see these little guys at work all the time...

I thought you were the doorman at the Spearmint Rhino? Or did you mean you saw Octo-pussy, the stripper with eight (count 'em, eight!) vaginas?

 

[coke_zero]

I remember years ago, probably early 80s, an off duty soldier was holidaying down at Torquay and found one in the rock pools that used to be at the front beach around near Point Danger. From memory he picked it up and put it on his chest. He was dead in either 30secs or within 30mins. Straight to the heart.

why the hell would you do that

 

[Wahooti Fandango]

I thought you were the doorman at the Spearmint Rhino? Or did you mean you saw Octo-pussy, the stripper with eight (count 'em, eight!) vaginas?

A good match for Spider Dijon (a character from The Mighty Boosh) who has 8 dicks.

 

[Herne Hill Hammer]

why the hell would you do that

I don't think he realised what it was, I think he had a little daughter there with him and was showing her all the pretty markings on it.

 

[BigBadCam]

I used to hear stories about kids dropping dead within 15 minutes after stepping on one of these...

That is why you should wear shoes when walking around the reefs in north Australia. Jeez, we're so lucky with all the animals that can kill us. In the UK, they've just got moles and rats.

 

[Vince Van Mackay]

I don't think he realised what it was, I think he had a little daughter there with him and was showing her all the pretty markings on it.

That doesn't exactly explain why he put it on his chest.

I guess he was just an idiot.

 

[bigdroppunt]

I thought you were the doorman at the Spearmint Rhino? Or did you mean you saw Octo-pussy, the stripper with eight (count 'em, eight!) vaginas?

Hahahahaha.... i wish i had that job...... but im sure it pays nothing like my current one.

A good match for Spider Dijon (a character from The Mighty Boosh) who has 8 dicks.

if i had 8 dicks.... i would need 16 hands...

 

[rdhopkins2]

Should also be noted that these BRO's are only about 10cm wide too....not massive.
Can be found in rock pools aswell as deeper water.