Locals probably know this. I was kayaking recently & had forgotten my booties so had to step out into seagrass on the N side of Coal point.I said I hope I dont step on any nasties..5mins later as we were preparing to get going there was a blue ringed octopus in 5" of water near the shore.I havent seen one of those for 40 years! Cute but deadly! We picked it up with the paddle & threw it out into deeper water. Ill be wearing booties from now on..
So watch out if your barefoot!
Cripes between sharks & blue ringed Octopuses I think Ill give up windsurfing & take up knitting!

DunkO said...

you would be surprised how many Knitting needle fatalities there are every year

My neck cant handle sitting long or looking down so it probably would be more dangerous..15mins of that & Id be in bed with a killer headache..

Windxtasy said...

I thought blue ringed only lived in rock crevices...

They obviously love seagrass beds..

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sboardcrazy said...
[br..as we were preparing to get going there was a blue ringed octopus in 5" of water near the shore.I havent seen one of those for 40 years!

They are very timid creatures. You normally can't get within 15 metres of them. Sounds like it was sick or dieing for you to be able to touch it with your paddle.

landyacht said...

DunkO said...

you would be surprised how many Knitting needle fatalities there are every year

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Omgod ! You dont mean my planned retirement activity is no longer allowed???

sboardcrazy, if you're still clucky (previous thread), then knit for the coming baby

Blue ringed occie is about the scariest thing I can think of in the world.

You won't see it

You probably won't feel the bite

The muscle paralysis is total but as your heart and breathing stop, and you sink to the bottom, you'd be aware what is happening.

Many years ago there was a guy who was bitten, and as his mates drove him 1hr to hospital, doing CPR all the way, he could hear a person saying "give up he's dead"
I'll bet he doesn't talk to that 'mate' anymore but thinks the other 2 or 3 are just tops

Saw five of them whilst scuba diving under Portsea Pier yesterday... Just little, but unmistakably blue-ringed octopus. Didn't seem to want to come out and play unfortately - spent their time hiding under rocks. Looking forward to doing a night dive and seeing them in action.