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And here's what an OCTOPUS bite looks like...

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...after 20 days under a dissecting scope. The actual bite was very tiny, this is the erosion of my flesh after the proteolytic enzymes in the octo venom went to work. I had a hole in my hand about the size of a BB at one point. Nastay!
 

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What did you do to tick it off ? Try to steal its food. :wink:

Regards,
David Mohr
 
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I let her crawl on me, and then someone else ticked her off by poking at her. Hopefully Dr. James Wood will be posting my account of it on his website, The Cephalopod Page, along with the pic. She's really nice now, she takes shore crabs right out of my hand and doesn't bite. She just didn't like being caught :D
 
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Looks bizarrely like a miniature version of a part of some humans' bodies.
 
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No medical attention. I just washed it with soap. I wasn't aware O. rubescens had venom :D
 
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Matt_Wandell":2qct9vv6 said:
I had a hole in my hand about the size of a BB at one point.
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You call that a wound? Size of a BB?

Why don't you make another posting some time when you really get bitten?


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Matt_Wandell":3uqq54q9 said:
I let her crawl on me, and then someone else ticked her off by poking at her. Hopefully Dr. James Wood will be posting my account of it on his website, The Cephalopod Page, along with the pic. She's really nice now, she takes shore crabs right out of my hand and doesn't bite. She just didn't like being caught :D
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Please post the link when he does!... I'm going to watch this thread. Thanks for the info, Matt.
~wings~
 
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Cupric Poison":p97trs9l said:
Looks bizarrely like a miniature version of a part of some humans' bodies.
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Damn Matt, I could of told you to stay away from Tijuana!
 
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UnderGrad":185ve6fm said:
Damn Matt that is soooooo cool.
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Yeah, I want one too! Is there anything in your tanks or the schools tanks you haven't been bitten by yet?

Arlan
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Hehe, probably not. Did I ever tell you about the lionfish biting me...three times I think it's been now?

Hey, have you been going to the MARS meetings?
 
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John_Brandt":2hsw7a1h said:
Matt_Wandell":2hsw7a1h said:
I had a hole in my hand about the size of a BB at one point.
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You call that a wound? Size of a BB?

Why don't you make another posting some time when you really get bitten?


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:lol: :lol:
I'll bet that smarts.


Jim
 
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Matt_Wandell":1j151k3c said:
Hopefully Dr. James Wood will be posting my account of it on his website, The Cephalopod Page, along with the pic. She's really nice now, she takes shore crabs right out of my hand and doesn't bite. She just didn't like being caught :D
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Sweet! Was Dr Wood in Davis? Let us know when it goes up!
 
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Nope, I just emailed him to ask if they were venomous. Then he asked for a pic and a little story. I'll update it if he does.

Hey, whatever happened with the MARS thing?
 
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