WOMAN HOLDS HIGHLY VENOMOUS BLUE-RINGED OCTOPUS WITHOUT REALISING DANGER<br />WITH VID<br />By Soban Aslam<br />Watch as a beachgoer unknowingly picks up one of the world’s most venomous creatures during a day by the sea.<br />Anna Marie Gultiano, from Bohol, Philippines, captured the moment while exploring a rocky shore with family in Anda, Bohol.<br />The video shows the tiny blue-ringed octopus resting on her hand, its vivid blue markings clearly visible. Fascinated by its striking colours, she gently holds the creature as it crawls across her palm.<br />Moments later, the octopus slips off her hand and swims away into the water.<br />She later discovered that the species is highly venomous, making the encounter both stunning and potentially dangerous.<br />Anna Marie said: "Me and my family were college seashells and seagrapes on a rocky shore when I found a deadly venomous blue-ringed octopus here in Bohol,Philippines"<br />"I was amazed by the colour of the octopus. It crawled onto my hand, then quickly slipped off and swam away."<br />" I later found out that it was venomous."<br />ENDS
