Posted on 11/11/2019 10:24:03 AM PST by Gamecock
TACOMA, Wash. - When Jamie Bisceglia met up with some fishermen who had hooked an octopus during a fishing derby in the Tacoma Narrows August 2, she saw an opportunity for an unusual picture.
"It was a photo contest in the derby. So, crazy me, hindsight now and looking back, I probably made a big mistake," Bisceglia said.
Bisceglia put the octopus on her face and posed. At first, it grabbed with her with its suckers, and then did something she didn't expect. It bit her on the face.
"It had barreled its beak into my chin and then let go a little bit and did it again," said Bisceglia. "It was a really intense pain when it went inside and it just bled, dripping blood for a long time."
Bisceglia said the octopus was a smaller juvenile version of a giant Pacific octopus, although a spokeswoman at the Point Defiance Aquarium says it could have been a Pacific red octopus. Both have a powerful beak used to break and eat crabs, clams and mussels. And their bite contains a poisonous venom to immobilize their prey.
Bisceglia says that venom left her in incredible pain. But as owner of South Sound Salmon Sisters, she kept fishing for two more days before she finally went to the emergency room.
"And I'm still in pain," said Bisceglia. "I'm on three different antibiotics. This can come and go, the swelling, for months they say."
She says the whole painful experience taught her a valuable lesson about handling a live octopus.
"This was not a good idea," said Bisceglia. "I will never do it again."
I’ve never seen a woman describe a incident when she and her friends performed the classical young ma!e experiment that’s common across all cultures of seeing whether farts will burn. Also don’t know of anyy women bragging about incidents where they cut truly heroic farts.
She looks a very, very healthy girl.
I’d hit it.
That, and...”Play stupid games; win stupid prizes”...
Octopods are actually pretty harmless to play with (though they have strong grip) AS LONG AS YOU STAY AWAY FROM THE BEAK!
New translation for the word cool: STUPIDITY
I took a peek at her on Facebook.
She is not unattractive.
As opposed to all the non-poisonous venom out there of course...
(Snicker, snicker)
It’s like a facepalm, only different.
Stupid Animal Tricks!
“That’s a Shame.”
I remember this story from 3 months ago.
Do stupid things; win stupid prizes.
No, THAT can’t be real! Really???
The woman who sets out to put an octopus on her face learns something that will always be useful and which never will grow dim or doubtful.
The original Octopussy story by Ian Fleming had almost nothing in common with the movie. Bond is sent to visit a retired spook who has been discovered to have been a traitor. The guy lives on the beach in the Caribbean and regards an octopus living in the waters near his house as a sort of a pet. Contemplating his options, he suffers an attack and allows his Octopussy to pull him under.
I dunno. lol. I found it while doing a search under “Darwin Award”. It is probably a “posed pic” to make the point humorous.
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