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Octopuses have gotten a reputation for being cunning camouflagers and intelligent creatures. But some are known for a more ominous reason: They're deadly. One group — the blue-ringed octopus (genus ...

A woman has been bitten multiple times by one of Australia's most infamous and deadly creatures—the blue-ringed octopus. The victim was swimming on Chinamans Beach in Sydney's Lower North Shore when ...