Blue-ringed octopus (Hapalochlaena sp.). These small but highly venomous animals use vivid electric-blue markings as warnings. Their venom is powerful

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Blue-ringed octopus (Hapalochlaena sp.). These small but highly venomous animals use vivid electric-blue markings as warnings. Their venom is powerful enough to kill an adult human. Photographed off Ambon, Indonesia.

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Photo credit: © MATTHEW OLDFIELD/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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