to the white-knuckle clip, which was posted Monday but reportedly shot three years ago while the then animal research student was studying abroad in Bali. (It seems she should’ve studied the wildlife more closely.)Indeed, the now-viral footage shows user @kaylinmarie21 nonchalantly cupping her hands as a small brown octopus with dark blue speckles crawls between her palms.
The oblivious beachgoer reportedly discovered later on Wikipedia that the seemingly innocuous mollusk was in fact a deadly blue-ringed octopus, a creature that packs enough venom to kill more than 20 humans, according to Healthline.
This makes the fun-sized sea dweller — which only grows to about 4 inches long — one of the most venomous critters on Earth, alongside the.
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