Awesome video of a badass sea creature... check it out!

[spanky-banky]

I just find all these things that produce venom really strange. How does a creature evolve the ability to make such a thing and then know that it will successful against things it hasn't even run into yet? That sucks about no antivenom but taking some stuff to boost up your metabolism should work enough. The blue ring octopus is deadlier than that. There's a reason we have lungs and not gills, we're not supposed to mess with those things in the water.

Hehe, yeah man... if scientists can't explain it, there is no way I will.
Apparently the venom that the cone snails produce contains certain compounds which, when isolated have huge pain killing potential in humans. Research has shown that it can be at 10,000 times more effective than morphine, and without the side effects and addictive properties of morphine too.
There are some seriously venomous creatures out there... I think the box jellyfish has the most deadly venom of all, right?
Terrifying and fascinating at he same time. :P

yeah oggie, i got stung by a box jelly of the australian east coast (north avoca beach) to be presise.
it got me across the back of my calf and wrapped around my thigh
i tell u man i was the most painfull experience off my life, i was paralised from the waist down for about 30 mins and cralled up the beach crying like a little girl thats how painfull it was. the doctor said if it had stung me across the chest i would be dead.
incase ur wondering how i know it was a box jelly? cause the little fucker was still stuck to me leg when i got out of the water. but i tell u what, a sting from a box will bring the toughest of men to tears.
i was pretty lucky

[CutMeMick]

CC#261 Oggie WTF?
Thats some crazy ass shit! right there...

So there must be a hole where the anchor part of it's claws goes into to cause the air bubbles to come out of....

Thats just crazy tho I've literally seen the video like 10 times and finally commented on it...

Whoa!!

[Oggie]

yeah oggie, i got stung by a box jelly of the australian east coast (north avoca beach) to be presise.
it got me across the back of my calf and wrapped around my thigh
i tell u man i was the most painfull experience off my life, i was paralised from the waist down for about 30 mins and cralled up the beach crying like a little girl thats how painfull it was. the doctor said if it had stung me across the chest i would be dead.
incase ur wondering how i know it was a box jelly? cause the little fucker was still stuck to me leg when i got out of the water. but i tell u what, a sting from a box will bring the toughest of men to tears.
i was pretty lucky

Damn man, are you serious!?
Lucky isn't the word... I have heard stories about those things from my Aussie friend and it is supposed to be insanely painful (for the ones lucky enough to live to tell the tale). They say the best protection against them is if you wear womens tights, haha... apparently the stingers cannot penetrate those.
The lifeguards wear them, right? Haha.

for the amazing story!

CC#261 Oggie WTF?
Thats some crazy ass shit! right there...

So there must be a hole where the anchor part of it's claws goes into to cause the air bubbles to come out of....

Thats just crazy tho I've literally seen the video like 10 times and finally commented on it...

Whoa!!

back man!
It is fascinating, eh?
When the two claws come together, the extruding part of the bottom claw penetrates into the top claw and forces out a lightning fast jet of water from a small gap that is left in the front of the claws when they fully close. The pressure is so high that it drops below the vapor pressure of water and a cavitation bubble is formed. It is that bubble collapsing that produces the snapping sound and reaches the temperature of the sun... an implosion I guess.
It is like having the abilty to fire a mini bomb at any time, haha.

[spanky-banky]

yeah oggie, i got stung by a box jelly of the australian east coast (north avoca beach) to be presise.
it got me across the back of my calf and wrapped around my thigh
i tell u man i was the most painfull experience off my life, i was paralised from the waist down for about 30 mins and cralled up the beach crying like a little girl thats how painfull it was. the doctor said if it had stung me across the chest i would be dead.
incase ur wondering how i know it was a box jelly? cause the little fucker was still stuck to me leg when i got out of the water. but i tell u what, a sting from a box will bring the toughest of men to tears.
i was pretty lucky

Damn man, are you serious!?
Lucky isn't the word... I have heard stories about those things from my Aussie friend and it is supposed to be insanely painful (for the ones lucky enough to live to tell the tale). They say the best protection against them is if you wear womens tights, haha... apparently the stingers cannot penetrate those.
The lifeguards wear them, right? Haha.

for the amazing story!

CC#261 Oggie WTF?
Thats some crazy ass shit! right there...

So there must be a hole where the anchor part of it's claws goes into to cause the air bubbles to come out of....

Thats just crazy tho I've literally seen the video like 10 times and finally commented on it...

Whoa!!

back man!
It is fascinating, eh?
When the two claws come together, the extruding part of the bottom claw penetrates into the top claw and forces out a lightning fast jet of water from a small gap that is left in the front of the claws when they fully close. The pressure is so high that it drops below the vapor pressure of water and a cavitation bubble is formed. It is that bubble collapsing that produces the snapping sound and reaches the temperature of the sun... an implosion I guess.
It is like having the abilty to fire a mini bomb at any time, haha.

cc#263 yeah man no bull shit. if they sting u across ur chest ur heart can handle the emense pain ala heart seziere. but it was so painfull i was screaming in agony. blue ring octopus can kill a grown man also if it stings u in the right spot, nasty little fuckers they are

[Chris Nagel]

Awesome stuff. he'd blow a hole through my aquarium.

[bigragu]

looks like our army just got a new idea for some shady S*** to experiment on in area 51. Theres also a beetle that shoots boiling hot water as a self defense mechanism. There's some crazy stuff out there.

almost didn't seem real....weird...

[Oggie]

Awesome stuff. he'd blow a hole through my aquarium.

back... glad you enjoyed the vid.
Imagine going scuba diving, looking under a rock and coming face to face with one of those with an open claw, ready to fire...

[Oggie]

Ok everyone... here is another sweet video, completely unrelated to the pistol shrimp. You have to see this!
A Japanese master of the BALL... prepare to be amazed!
Gravity means nothing to this guy!

http://www.liveleak.com/player.swf?autostart=false&token=8e3_1181690554