They spend a lot of their time tucked away in crevices, hiding from animals that might try to eat them. There may be around 10 different species of blue-ringed octopus, though only four have been ...

Playfulness became panic when Jess Maree's 13-year-old daughter was bitten by a highly venomous blue-ringed octopus while on holiday.

A 13-year-old girl holidaying near Batemans Bay on the NSW South Coast was bitten by a highly venomous blue-ringed octopus.