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Nudibranch (Janolus barbarensis) North T-Pier, Morrow Bay, California.
Photo by Ken Bondy
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Giant African land snails are routinely confiscated at airports as they are very popular as pets in the Western world. The species isn’t currently under threat of extinction, but they are considered an invasive species so imports are tightly regulated. There is a population of these snails spreading in Coral Gables, Florida.
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The greater blue-ringed octopus (Hapalochlaena lunulata) by Samantha Craven
Only my second encounter with this tiniest of terrors. The three species of blue ringed octopus contain venom so potent that it contains all these words: tetrodotoxin, 5-hydroxytryptamine, hyaluronidase, tyramine, histamine, tryptamine, octopamine,taurine, acetylcholine, and dopamine (Source).
The venom is produced by bacteria in the salivary gland and happily there is no cure. So after you’ve been bitten, when you stop breathing and your hear stops beating, you better hope that your friends are good enough to manually respirate you until you get to hospital and/or metabolize all those words out.
There is always the fact that you need never touch one. Or poke it.
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octopus babies you guys
OCTOPUS BABIES
LOOK AT THEIR TEENSY LITTLE TENTACLES
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