'More potent than cyanide': how to stay safe from blue-ringed octopus this summer

dc.contributor.authorDoubleday, Z.
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractAs an octopus biologist, I get a call from the media every summer because someone has had an encounter with a blue-ringed octopus. Thankfully, everyone has been OK.Blue-ringed octopus are famed for being one of the most venomous animals on the planet, and the symptoms from a bite are the stuff of nightmares. But how worried do you need to be?
dc.identifier.orcidDoubleday, Z. [0000-0003-0045-6377]
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11541.2/32493
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherThe Conversation
dc.relation.fundingARC
dc.rightsCopyright 2023 the author. This publication is available under a Creative Commons Attribution No Derivatives licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/)
dc.source.urihttps://theconversation.com/more-potent-than-cyanide-how-to-stay-safe-from-blue-ringed-octopus-this-summer-196051
dc.subjectoctopus
dc.subjectcyanide
dc.subjectBlue-ringed octopus
dc.title'More potent than cyanide': how to stay safe from blue-ringed octopus this summer
dc.typeWebsite
pubs.publication-statusPublished
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