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Pretty blue rings of death, the bacterial basis for the octopus's venom

Pretty blue rings of death, the bacterial basis for the octopus's venom

I just this week found out that the blue-ringed octopus (Hapalochlaena spp.) does not produce its own venom. It owes its toxic bite to the bacteria which have made a happy home in its salivary glands.

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