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See it: Rare footage captures elusive blue-ringed octopus carrying her eggs off Australian coast

RYE PIER, VICTORIA, Australia – An experienced local diver and underwater photographer has captured an extremely rare sight: a mother blue-ringed octopus carrying her eggs in Port Phillip Bay, ...
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A palm-sized octopus carries enough venom to kill 26 adults, with no antidote in existence

A blue-ringed octopus small enough to sit in a human palm carries a neurotoxin load that toxicologists describe as potentially lethal to multiple adults, yet doctors still have no antidote and must ...