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Hello valued viewer!  On this webpage, you will find an amazing amount of information on the tiny, yet deadly, Hapalochlaena lunulata.  The greater blue-ringed octopus, as it is more commonly known, gets its name from the blue rings that they flash when they sense they are in danger.  These blue rings are merely a precursor to the deadly tetrodoxin that they release when they are further provoked by either a predator or prey item.

 

These creatures are considered cephalopods.  The animals found in the Class Cephalopoda are wildly intelligent organisms and vary greatly from the rest of the Phylum Mollusca, which include the minute gem and the suave liptooth.  To learn more about the classification of the H. lunulata click here!

 

 

 

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