Posted on 11/11/2019 10:24:03 AM PST by Gamecock
TACOMA, Wash. - When Jamie Bisceglia met up with some fishermen who had hooked an octopus during a fishing derby in the Tacoma Narrows August 2, she saw an opportunity for an unusual picture.
"It was a photo contest in the derby. So, crazy me, hindsight now and looking back, I probably made a big mistake," Bisceglia said.
Bisceglia put the octopus on her face and posed. At first, it grabbed with her with its suckers, and then did something she didn't expect. It bit her on the face.
"It had barreled its beak into my chin and then let go a little bit and did it again," said Bisceglia. "It was a really intense pain when it went inside and it just bled, dripping blood for a long time."
Bisceglia said the octopus was a smaller juvenile version of a giant Pacific octopus, although a spokeswoman at the Point Defiance Aquarium says it could have been a Pacific red octopus. Both have a powerful beak used to break and eat crabs, clams and mussels. And their bite contains a poisonous venom to immobilize their prey.
Bisceglia says that venom left her in incredible pain. But as owner of South Sound Salmon Sisters, she kept fishing for two more days before she finally went to the emergency room.
"And I'm still in pain," said Bisceglia. "I'm on three different antibiotics. This can come and go, the swelling, for months they say."
She says the whole painful experience taught her a valuable lesson about handling a live octopus.
"This was not a good idea," said Bisceglia. "I will never do it again."
Now what the article doesn’t tell us is that with evolution the octopus lost the nostrils and took on the more familiar look that we know today. But if you look really closely you can still see a bump where the nose used to be.
Ahhh! Another “Hold my Beer and watch this sh*t moment!”
Ahhh! Another “Hold my Beer and watch this sh*t moment!”
I’ll take your word for it.
Well there it is the stupitist thing I’ve read all day!!!
That’s what I call a really stupid woman.
“It had barreled its beak”
uh....burrowed?
Captain of the Olympic women’s stupid team.
Another classic from China (octopus attacks woman trying to eat it alive):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1oByXmohhU
Never mind the ‘stay wild’ tee shirt.
It should have read, ‘stay stupid’.
It’s all fun and games until ...an octopus bites off your face!
[[”This was not a good idea,” said Bisceglia. “I will never do it again.”]]
Are you sure? Because next week is a long time from now- you might forget by then what happened
Notice her T-Shirt; “Stay Wild”.
She’s doing her part.
“There’s a Seinfeld for that....”
[[Bisceglia says that venom left her in incredible pain. But as owner of South Sound Salmon Sisters, she kept fishing for two more days before she finally went to the emergency room.]]
Lol- tough woman- can’t take that away from her at least- the pain musta been excruciating-
Well, that sucks. /rimshot
Lucky for her that the venomous blue-ringed octopus lives in Australia and not Washington state.
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