“Dude that thing's dangerous,” one social media user said. With their small and vibrant blue and yellow rings, the blue-ringed octopus may have drawn the tourist to its beauty, but these creatures have enough venom to quickly kill 26 adults. In the video originally, posted on Chinese social media app Tik Tok, the tourist can be seen reaching down into a rock pool, believed to be in waters off Darwin, and scooping up a blue-ringed octopus with his bare hand. They are found in tide pools and coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian oceans, from Japan to Australia.A visit to the beach could have been disastrous for one tourist who is believed to have casually held one of the world’s deadliest animals in his palm. Just one highly venomous blue ringed octopuses carries enough poison to kill 26 people within seconds. He added: “One of the fellas told me how dangerous it was and the video went up on a backpacker page and went viral.”
Belfast mum hails pet dog hero after terrifying snake discovery in kitchen.“We all thought f*** it, an octopus isn’t going to anything dangerous. “Whenever I put it onto my arm I asked the boys around me was it dangerous and everybody was as clueless as me. We ended up coming across that but no fish. He said: “We were at a place called Burnett Heads and there were three of us fishing. JP and the creature on his arm (Image: Facebook) JP explained the events of July 12, when they and a pal met a blue-ringed octopus for the first time. The pair are a month into a three month job which could get them a year extension to their working holiday visas. The young electrician, who is backpacking around Australia, is working on a farm just outside Bundaberg picking courgettes and tomatoes with his pal Ross Saunders, from Exeter, England, who took the video. Northern Ireland's rare barn owl babies helped by Co Down farmer.Video of JP’s close encounter has gone viral with the local lad saying he has gotten a fair bit of abuse about his innocent mistake.īut he added: “It has caused awareness for a lot of people, so a bit of good came from the whole scenario.” Read More Related Articles My family are just happy I didn’t get harmed.” In his first interview ‘back home’, JP said: “It was mad.
The former Southern Regional College student made headlines across the globe for the innocent act, which could have cost his life. Newry man John Paul Lennon has spoken to the Mirror from Australia following his recent near-miss in Bundaberg, Queensland. A 24-year-old from Co Down who unknowingly held one of the world's most deadly creatures on his bare arm, believes it was about to "bite".
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