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An Australian teenager had a lucky escape after being bitten by one of the world's most toxic animals, a blue-ringed octopus, after accidentally picking up the deadly cephalopod hiding in a shell. But ...

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The octopus uses the neurotoxin tetrodotoxin (TTX), one of the deadliest toxins on Earth. The neurotoxin prevents communication signals from travelling between nerve endings and muscles by blocking ...

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Octopuses have gotten a reputation for being cunning camouflagers and intelligent creatures. But some are known for a more ominous reason: They're deadly. One group — the blue-ringed octopus (genus ...