Watch - Unaware tourist holds world's venomous octopus; Video will raise your anxiety

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Blue ringed octopuses are one of the four world's venomous octopus. The blue ringed octopus have a paralysing venom that can cause the respiratory system to shut down within minutes. Till date no anti-venom has been found.

Blissfully unaware about the deadliness of these creatures, a tourist was seen holding one. The incident reportedly took place in Australia. A video of the tourist holding a blue ringed octopus was shot and uploaded on Tik Tok. The video was captioned, "What a pretty octopus."

The tourist was slammed by netizens for being 'momentarily stupid'. Many claimed that the tourist is lucky to still be alive. One explained how the tourist was holding death in their hand.

Watch the anxiety-inducing video here:

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