Nasty little Occo
Submitted by little johnny on Tue, 2015-12-08 09:51
Washing boat down . Found this on gloves in side gunnel. Hard to see the buggers
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C.P
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The little bastard
A reminder for us all to be careful
Paul_86
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Nasty little things. We
Nasty little things. We found one on the deck the other day while cleaning too.
Torbs75
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Yep scary little buggers -
Yep scary little buggers - had one in a pot the other day but alot bigger. Lucky it fell out as the pot went over the side but could see the rings. It was posts like this that actually made me look for them in the first place. :)
Paully
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Bloody good thing
It wasn't inside the gloves - scary stuff.
Scotte
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Nasty little bugger. What is
Nasty little bugger.
What is the go do you have to be bitten by them or just by touching them.?
pale ale
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You have to be bitten to get
You have to be bitten to get ill from them. Will likely stop you from breathing. If mouth to mouth is performed, without stopping, and you go to hospital you will survive
Paully
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Via a bite - Maggot
And part of the problem apparently is that - there not necessarily painful bites...when you realise you've been bitten - you'd be lucky to survive.
Paully
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Touche Pale
Scotte
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Good to.know cheers guys
Good to.know cheers guys
Spicey
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We found one on the deck
We found one on the deck this morning on the way out. Funny thing was the boat hadn't been out for three days and this occy was still nice and fresh.
little johnny
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This time of year
Very bad. I always look for them . Missed this one. When emptying bait baskets always use gloves . That's where they are.
Madmerv
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Picked up 1 this morning
Found in the bait basket.
Smallest one i have seen.
Sometimes when the water is quiet, you can hear the fish laughing at you !
little johnny
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Funny
Same gloves I use . Heaps of little fellas around. See its glowing . He doesn't look happy with you. :)
linoc
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There just comming up in pots
There just comming up in pots cause there been down there awhile yea?
I'm aware of em hanging in rock pools but don't have to worry about the kids swimming, crab nets etc?
meglodon
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I'm not questioning that they are blue ring occys
However the ones I saw on the back reefs of GI West Aust were just as the name says, they had bright iridescent blue rings on them when they arc up on a brownish body.
Has anyone seen any like that.
Just curious is there a number of species of these things
I'll try and find a photo on here as I'm pretty sure there is a photo taken of one by a member at Rotto a year or so back.
Madmerv
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zoom in
I took a few closer shots of this guy but with me having just pulled a pot from 22m (breathing like a bellows) and the rock of the boat they were all out of focus.
If you zoom in to this guy you will see the bright blue of the rings.
Sometimes when the water is quiet, you can hear the fish laughing at you !
axey45
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Yep heaps, got them in
Yep heaps, got them in stubbies, tin cans, cray pots and last one was in a nice shell i picked up in my non gloved hand diving, didnt know till got home and cleaned out catch bag, got footage of me picking it up on gopro. Ones in pots at point peron are usally found in shell gritty bottom ive found, we didnt know until they were spotted crawling up the side of boat. All the rest where in safety bay 2-10ft of water.
meglodon
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Blue ring that I know
I hope this link works, if not the article don't try this at home shows a bloody nut case holding one in his hand. The article is on the second page of the search looking for blue ring octopus.
fishwrecked.com/forum/deathwish-dont-try-home
barneyboy
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they will only show thier blue rings
if threatened or attacked. Other than that they will pretty much stay brown
FEEEISH ONNN!!!
catchalittle
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That was Tailor Marc that
That was Tailor Marc that took the photo of the blue ring that was at the basin at rotto
Nathan
little johnny
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Wow
Stuff that very lucky
Cruise Control
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Interesting, this season is
Interesting, this season is the first that I can recall where there have been so many reports about these little critters. Have they always been here and people just haven't noticed or commented or has a swarm of the buggers just infested Perth waters ?
little johnny
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Always
Been heaps norm closer in. Maybe little water incedent made them go out further? Unsure