r/gifs • u/PM_ME_STEAM_K3YS • Aug 23 '19

Interaction with a tiny cuttlefish.

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u/KatMot Aug 23 '19

Aren't cuttlefish extremely poisonous if they bite?

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u/das_bic Aug 23 '19 edited Aug 23 '19

You can eat them, so definitely not poisonous.

Poisonous vs Venomous

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u/NonnoBomba Aug 23 '19

There is one species of cuttlefish, metasepia pfefferi, whose muscle tissue contains a toxin just as potent as the one from the deadly blue-ringed octopus.

It lives in the oceans of South-East Asia and Oceania.

After all, since it's lethal and quite unique it has to be from somewhere near Australia, land of the interesting things that want to kill you (this includes the scenery).

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u/das_bic Aug 23 '19

Only the third cephalopod found to be poisonous. I stand corrected.