Hell Hound wrote:Username: Hell Hound
Name: Anatomy "Skelly"
Gender: Mare
Something that is very beautiful yet extremely dangerous: The Blue ringed octopus is a venomous marine animal. It's skin will darken to brown and it's vivid blue rings make an appearance when the octopus is agitated, as seen here and here. Almost 60 rings cover it's body! These rings tell the threat "Don't touch me, I'm dangerous!"
"The octopus produces venom containing tetrodotoxin, histamine, tryptamine, octopamine, taurine, acetylcholine, and dopamine. The major neurotoxin component of the blue-ringed octopus is a venom that was originally known as maculotoxin but was later found to be identical to tetrodotoxin, a neurotoxin also found in pufferfish and some poison dart frogs that is 1,200 times more toxic than cyanide. Tetrodotoxin blocks sodium channels, causing motor paralysis and respiratory arrest within minutes of exposure, leading to cardiac arrest due to a lack of oxygen. The toxin is produced by bacteria in the salivary glands of the octopus. Their venom can result in nausea, respiratory arrest, heart failure, severe and sometimes total paralysis and blindness and can lead to death within minutes if not treated. Death, if it occurs, is usually from suffocation due to lack of oxygen to the brain. Although its venom can be deadly, the octopus's first instinct is to flee. If the threat persists, the octopus will go into a defensive stance and show its blue rings."
-Wikepedia
I had to use a random number generator for this one, Congrats ^^
