Om man läser detta så varför vill man ta risken att ha en sådan här krake? What to do if you get bit! The bite of the blue-ringed octopus may be painless but it is definetly deadly. Its venom contains some maculotoxin which is more violent than any animals found on land. This poisen is 10,000 times more potent that cyanide. Upon being bitten, the victom's nerve conduction is stopped and paralysis sets in after a few minutes. Paralysis is then followed by death. Some symtoms are as follows: *Nausea *Blindness *Loss of all other senses