OMG!!! ebay sale of one of the most poisonous creatures in the ocean

beautiful, but holy crap!!
http://cgi.ebay.com/Blue-Ring-Octopus-Tropical-Fish-live-Coral-Acanthastrea_W0QQitemZ110401584803QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item19b4727ea3&_trksid=p3911.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12|66%3A2|39%3A1|72%3A1205|240%3A1318|301%3A0|293%3A1|294%3A50Blue Ring Octopus,Tropical Fish,live Coral Acanthastrea
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Price: US $500.00 Buy It Now 1 BLUE RING OCTOPUS

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THIS IS THE MOST INTRESTING ANIMAL ON THE PLANET MUST BE EXPERT AND KNOWLEDGABLE OF SPECIMEN.

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This is my own personal pet. I reserve the right to refuse the sale to anyone that is not qualified to handle this animal. Use caution just like you would a lion fish,shark or cobra ect ect… He is a very docile animal and an escape artist. He is my baby.

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Thanks for looking hope you enjoyed are little pet .

i remember the topic of the bluerings came up on here a few months ago… if they lived for longer then a few months and wasn’t 500 id be interested

Overpriced and just don’t forget if you get bite YOU JUST PLAIN DIE!!! No anti venom!!!

All the above is true! One of the most deadly venoms in the world. He calls it his pet, but the life cycle of octopi in the wild is only about 18 months at most. He hasn’t had it very long. has to be an illegal import. they grow, mate, lay eggs and die in 12-18 months. But this is not a pet. it’s venom has no known antidote. It’s very fast acting.

NOT A PET!!

He calls it his pet but if you hit the “see other items by this seller” link he list another separate listing for the same thing.

The only trick that pet can do is as an escape artist…Its drop dead neat.

to my mind, it’s worse than a rattler or some other really poisonous animal, since it is so deadly.

And unfortunately these come up for sale all the time on Ebay. I think it is usually the same guy too.

Wonder if anyone has ever told him he’s a piece of sh*t and could be setting someone up to be killed?

I’m sorry I’d never buy an extremely poisonous $500 animal from someone who can’t even tell which ‘are/our’ to use in his sale pitch.

[quote=“Cdangel0, post:7, topic:1757”]
And unfortunately these come up for sale all the time on Ebay. I think it is usually the same guy too.

Wonder if anyone has ever told him he’s a piece of sh*t and could be setting someone up to be killed?[/quote]

I did!!! I told him he’s selling one of the most deadly animals out there and your not making people aware of that in your auction

The only response I got from him is I’ll let who ever buys it know . verdict_in

[quote=“billrob71, post:3, topic:1757”]
Overpriced and just don’t forget if you get bite YOU JUST PLAIN DIE!!! No anti venom!!! [/quote]

That’s not entirely true. You will likely die. And if you don’t happen to die right away, you’d still be ineligible to be an organ donor when you do happen to die.

That would be a bummer. I always thought they were illegal to import?

I have envisioned being an organ donor to a Baluga Whale…

Like Bond, I like Caviar !! Too!

i can get one of these any given week from one of our distributors… even had some special requests for thm. we refuse to get them. and simply explain to people that these r not pets. they r extremely poisonous, possibly fatal, AND capable of getting out of the tank!!!

getting out of the tank would really only present a problem when trying to get it back into the tank, it seems to me, as octo don’t generally go around biting things at random, like vampires. if they want to eat it or need defenses, then the prey, or in this case your fingers or palm holding it might be considered meat or predator, so say bye bye.

btw, back in the 70’s i had a small regular octo escape from a basement tank. this guy climbed completely up the steps and was walking across the kitchen floor. suckers grasping and loosening sounded like cellophane crinkling. picked him up, he wrapped himself completely around my hand and i put him back into the tank, he inked and died shortly afterwards. yeah i was stupid to have one, but back then, who knew.

[quote=“moliken, post:13, topic:1757”]
getting out of the tank would really only present a problem when trying to get it back into the tank, it seems to me, as octo don’t generally go around biting things at random, like vampires. if they want to eat it or need defenses, then the prey, or in this case your fingers or palm holding it might be considered meat or predator, so say bye bye.[/quote]
ok, so then, if it gets out… u are recommending letting it roam until it dies??? MOST people’s first reaction to a deadly escapee would be to PUT IT BACK!

k, so then, if it gets out… u are recommending letting it roam until it dies???
ono. not recommending that at all. never purchase one of these!!!
if someone were foolish enough, and it got out, use a net, use a box, use something it can grab that’s two feet or 2 miles away from human flesh

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looks like enough people complained…thats beat! :stuck_out_tongue:

it bite is servivable. it is a nuro toxin that shuts down the heart and lungs but wheres off after 24 hr. cpr on way to hospital and heart buypass when ur there and u have a good shot at living.

That’s horrible that someone would sell something like this.

On a side note, does anyone have a 55 I could put this sucker in… lOl