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minus-squareMouselemming@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up26·2 months agoBut how bitey is it? Why would it even want to bite? What if I’m very very gentle?
minus-squareNatanox@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up58·2 months agoIf it’s cornered it will bite. First it will flee (can’t), then it will show the rings you can see in the picture to warn predators. If it does that and you still touch it, or worse, pick it up, it will bite.
minus-squareMouselemming@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoWhat if I put my hand in its path and it climbs on? And if I keep my hand flat so it can leave at will? Maybe I should put a snack on my palm!
minus-squarebrown567@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 months agoI do not recommend putting snack, might encourage biting XD
minus-squaredaed@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up39·2 months agoI’m speaking for a human here but I’m very bitey. From this sample size being 100% bitey we have to assume its the same for the blue-ringed octopus.
minus-squarelurch (he/him)@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·2 months agoThe biteyness increases when one gets moved out of the zone one can breathe in.
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 months agoAnimals are just like us in that respect!
minus-squarelurch (he/him)@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoI’m pretty sure, I’m an animal too 😅
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoYou sure? Might be a hyperintelligent plant with delusions of animalism 🤷
minus-squareLittle_Urban_Achiever@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoHyperintelligent eh? Well that definitely sounds like me, maybe you’re right!
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoWell, hyperintelligent by the standards of daffodils, maybe 🤷
minus-squareMouselemming@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoThat seems fair. Keep hand underwater, got it.
minus-squareCypher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up22·2 months ago What if I’m very very gentle You’d die and the octopus would be fine.
minus-squareIheartcheese@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 months agoIt looks friendly. I say go for it.
But how bitey is it? Why would it even want to bite? What if I’m very very gentle?
If it’s cornered it will bite. First it will flee (can’t), then it will show the rings you can see in the picture to warn predators. If it does that and you still touch it, or worse, pick it up, it will bite.
What if I put my hand in its path and it climbs on? And if I keep my hand flat so it can leave at will? Maybe I should put a snack on my palm!
Only one way to find out!
I do not recommend putting snack, might encourage biting XD
I’m speaking for a human here but I’m very bitey. From this sample size being 100% bitey we have to assume its the same for the blue-ringed octopus.
The biteyness increases when one gets moved out of the zone one can breathe in.
Animals are just like us in that respect!
I’m pretty sure, I’m an animal too 😅
You sure? Might be a hyperintelligent plant with delusions of animalism 🤷
Hyperintelligent eh? Well that definitely sounds like me, maybe you’re right!
Well, hyperintelligent by the standards of daffodils, maybe 🤷
That seems fair. Keep hand underwater, got it.
You’d die and the octopus would be fine.
It looks friendly. I say go for it.