A man captured himself unknowingly holding the world’s deadliest octopus, a blue-ringed octopus, in the Philippines in a ...

Octopuses have gotten a reputation for being cunning camouflagers and intelligent creatures. But some are known for a more ominous reason: They're deadly. One group — the blue-ringed octopus (genus ...

The blue-ringed octopus may be tiny, but its venom is deadly. A video of a man holding this world's venomous animal goes ...

An unsuspecting British tourist narrowly escaped death after picking up one of the planet's most lethal creatures in a beach ...

A British man recorded himself handling a blue-ringed octopus - one of the most venomous animals on earth - while on holiday in the Philippines recently.Andy McConnell - who has been the glass expert ...

A viral beach clip has become a cautionary tale about how quickly a harmless-looking encounter can turn dangerous in tropical waters.

A British traveller's casual beach video in the Philippines turned into a stark warning after social media identified the "baby octopus" he handled as a deadly blue-ringed octopus. McConnell, unaware ...

Andy McConnell, a British tourist, had a scary moment while swimming in the Philippines. He saw a small, colorful octopus and, not knowing it was dangerous, picked it up. He filmed himself holding it, ...

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I try to imagine what would happen if a small sea creature with the capacity to kill 26 humans turned up on an Irish beach.