Talk:Blue-ringed octopus

message: I'm just dumping them ad I find them at the moment. I'll add to the article later.
 theresa knott 15:10, 6 May 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Dumping useful websites

message: After much googling i can't find any sort of biographical details for Robson except that his name is Guy C Robson and he worked at some stage with or for the British museum. Hopefully this is a leg up for the next person who goes searching for Robson. The bellman 09:23, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Robson 

message: according to this site either Southern Blue-ringed or all blue-ringed octopuses lack ink sacks and thus make popular home aquarium pets (one of the major problems with keeping cephalopods is them inking because they are stressed and then drowning in their own ink). So is it just the southern blue-ringed or all blue-ringed who lack an ink sack? The bellman 13:59, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  ink sack -> home aquariums 

message: I've heard the "most toxic sea creature" claim made about other animals as well. Shouldn't there be a source for this claim?
63.229.19.124 04:35, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed.  Adding uncited after the claim.  Thorprime 22:05, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Most toxic? 

message: My wife (Jenny) works at AQWA (Underwater World -style) in Perth, W.Australia. They have a BRO but is struggling to get it close to the glass for a shot. She maintains a series of educational web pages starting at http://users.bigpond.net.au/je.st/index.html
The pages are designed for high school level readers. I have linked the BRO page to the external references. The photos on her pages reference the photo owners, other than her own ones.
--Glandelf 13:23, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Check the history of where the request was made. - UtherSRG (talk) 12:25, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pictures for BRO 

message: The article isn't clear about how envenomation happens. It mentions biting, but doesn't say whether the bite is lethal. Can the toxin be absorbed through skin? Is one bite sufficient for lethal dose?
erm..it mentions that it has enough venom o kill 26 adult humans. It also says the bite is lethal. 24.77.19.12 (talk) 02:33, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Envenomation 

message: Inquiring minds want to know!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.94.149.156 (talk) 05:36, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  How does it glow? 

message: Suggest hese two article be merged into this one;
# there is no coverage of fatalities cause by the species in this article,
# very few occassions when such fatalities have occured they dont warrant a stand a lone article
Given the toxicity of the venom its logical to have some information on the circumstances of deaths caused by this animal, there just isn't need to have two articles about it. Gnangarra 14:06, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Support. Despite the small number of people actually killed by BROs, the venom is their main claim to fame. Without it they'd be just another under-appreciated cephalopod. It should be covered directly in the main article. --GenericBob (talk) 23:09, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

text: Support. If the attacks page referred to a number of species of octopus, instead of simply the blue-ringed variety, it would make sense to stand alone as an article. This isn't the case, so merging seems like a great idea. Iciac (talk) 02:59, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

text: Support parent article is plenty small enough to accommodate material. Casliber (talk · contribs) 12:58, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

text: Support Orderinchaos 17:35, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

text: Not Support The attacks in the newspapers do not mention the species James4750 (talk) 22:00, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: ...which is exactly why they should be included on the main Blue-ringed octopus page which covers the four species of Blue-ringed octopus. James, this material would buff up and help what could be a really good article on Blue-ringed octopuses. The best way to promote the material (where moer people will actually read it) is by doing this and aiming for Good Article or Featured Article status. cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 23:03, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Blue ringed octopus are in other countries, this information is more specific to Australia. James4750 (talk) 00:50, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Okay then, why should attacks in Australia be split off from possible attacks elsewhere? Why not. have a comprehensive article which covers the topic in detail so all material can be seen on the one page? Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:56, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed. We could in theory have sub-pages on "blue-ringed octopus attacks in Australia during the day on men under 25" and so on, but it wouldn't add value to WP. I don't see the need to go beyond the basic BRO page here. --GenericBob (talk) 08:54, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

text: Support  as per others. --AussieLegend (talk) 05:07, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

text: Support but Suggestion. This animal is discussed in the Animal attacks in Australia briefly. Perhaps it could go there instead... though I think it would need expansion, at least it is more related to the article at hand. Avalik (talk) 11:04, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

text: Support The article is very small and it seems just to cover the Blue Ring Octopus Scizor2 (talk) 23:04, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

text: Support. Once the non-notable content about non-fatal "attacks" is removed (as I and Gnangarra have both done now), there is no content that is not in Animal attacks in Australia. --Merbabu (talk) 23:52, 14 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  merge with [[Octopus attacks in Australia]] 

message: I have a question that has come up from the "Reproduction" section of this article. I am wondering if males have a 1 year life span like the females.  The female dies because she doesn't eat for a period of time while keeping eggs safe.  It says nothing on the males in this section.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.110.227.101 (talk) 18:54, 27 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Question on male Blue Ring Octopi 

message: I read the section on venom and found some of the sentences to be way to long and grammatically incorrect.  It can be very confusing to someone who knows little about an octopus and having to go to the sources to clear up what is being stated defeats the purpose of having wikipedida.  Here is an example of something that probably would do better if it was shortened to smaller and more concise sentences, it also could be the result of typos or poor spelling but sometimes less can actually do a better job of describing something:
"The major neurotoxin component of blue-ringed octopus is venom was originally known as maculotoxin but was later found to be identical to tetrodotoxin,[4] a neurotoxin also found in pufferfish and some poison dart frogs[5] that is 10,000 times more toxic than cyanide.[6]"  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.226.196.247 (talk) 18:15, 25 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Improvements to Venom topic 

message: Can someone more experienced than I restore the page?
John Spraggs (talk) 23:48, 2 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vandalised 

message: I suggest an additional section.
Reference in popular culture:
The Blue-ringed Octopus is the prominent symbol of the secret order of female bandits and smugglers in the James Bond film Octopussy, appearing in an aquarium tank and on silk robes and as a tattoo on women in the order.  
References:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086034/trivia
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/tiny-but-deadly-spike-in-blue-ringed-octopus-sightings-sparks-fear-of-invasion-in-japan/
(the appearance in the tank is not described in the references, but it is directly observed in the tank in the film on several occasions)
Swatson42 (talk) 11:11, 5 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reference in popular culture 

message: The second paragraph states that the brown patches darken when the octopus is agitated, yet the Behavior section states that the brown patches lighten to yellow when the octopus is agitated.  Which one is it?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mddsteve (talk • contribs) 16:40, 6 October 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: I think you might have mis-read something.  It is the body that becomes yellow, not the dark patches. DrChrissy (talk) 19:43, 6 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Behavior During Agitation 

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message: Change the word envenomated to envenomed in the "Toxicity" section. 130.215.119.110 (talk) 19:52, 9 August 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: The wikilink for this change leads to the article for Envenomation, which conflicts here. jd22292 (Jalen D. Folf) (talk) 20:02, 9 August 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 9 August 2017 

message: Can the bite penetrate a diver’s wet suit?  MBG02 (talk) 10:29, 24 January 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wet suit. Divers.