Anyone know if these are available in the uk ??

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no as they are highly venemous

also octopus aren't really any good in an aquarium, the tinniest gap they will get out of, they also get bored very easily

I know somwone who had a small octopus, and it found away out, there was a gap of 2-3 mm on his aquarium cover and the little bugger worked his way out

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yeah was watching a program on them yesterday and just wondered if they were even allowed ... pure nosyness more than wanting one (although that would be super cool as they are wicked creatures)

thing is we are allowed to keep king cobras so why not these ? assumign you have the correct documentation

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why would u want one of them gaz.. unless u had a death wish...

World's most poisonous octopus the size of a golf ball

First you will feel nauseous. Your vision becomes hazy. Within seconds you are blind. You loose your sense of touch. You cannot speak or swallow. Three minutes later you are paralysed and unable to breath.
You knew that the blue-ringed octopus is extremely poisonous but how were you to know that this was one when its tiny parrot-like beak bit through your wetsuit. The last thing the victim sees are the blue rings - visible only when it is about to attack.
The blue-ringed octopus is the size of a golf ball but its poison is powerful enough to kill an adult human in minutes. There's no known antidote. The only treatment is hours of heart massage and artificial respiration until the poison has worked its way out of your system.
The poison is not injected but is contained in the octopus's saliva, which comes from two glands each as big as its brain. Poison from the one is used on its main prey, crabs, and is relatively harmless to humans. Poison from the other gland serves as defence against predators. The blue-ringed octopus either secretes the poison in the vicinity of its prey, waits until it is immobile and then devours it, or it jumps out and envelops the prey in its 8 tentacles and bites it.
There are two species of blue-ringed octopus: the Hapalochlaena lunulata, which is the larger and grows up to 20cm (8 in) across its stretched tentacles. The other, the Hapalochlaena maculosa, is small and more common, weighing a mere 28 grams (1 oz). They are found in the shallow coral and rock pools of Australia. And they're rather cute, being brown or yellow in colour. But don't pick one up - by the time you see the electric-blue rings, it's too late!

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they have sometimes come in in specialist orders, someone setting up a tank for an octopus, but that is so rare that you wont see them in a shop

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Never said I did

Point is we are allowed to keep hots so why not these ? Daves pretty much answered it... You are allowed but on specialist orders only and probably with a DWA licence i imagine !

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I know you don't need a DWA for Lionfish, and if you get stung by one of them they will put you in a whole world of hurt, and you don't need one for red bellied piranha either, so I would imagine you don't need one, but they aren't kept for practical reasons

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i had a red bellied once... and not just a pet shop sayign it was one, it was one ! He was cool but had to give him away once he got a little big and I left for uni...

Lion fish are superb and have often thought about buying one and settign up a tank for it... at the moment don't have the time so will have to come later on in life

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I know a guy in Australia who used to keep some. They don't live all that long, 7 months max IIRC. Certainly not for the faint-hearted.

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I know a place you can get them in Manchester.

Sapporo Teppanyaki Ltd

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