Interesting story on Zoanthids (poisoning)

[Airphotog]

Check this story out. Very interesting..

World

 

[dtd87]

Saw this on reddit.. my friend showed me it and was asking me 21 questions about it. haha

 

[Maxx]

Just another reminder that nothing in the ocean dies of old age....and has adapted accordingly to live as long as possible.

Nick

 

[Krish]

That is crazy!! I knew they were poisonous and I know my track record with marine life "run-in's" weren't that great so I always wore gloves anytime I handled them but that is just crazy! Might as well have a box jelly fish and try pet it!!

 

[Maxx]

Tell me about it....when I was a kid in Hawaii, we used to rip hunks of Zoathids off the rocks and throw them at each other......all I can say is that we were very, very lucky.

Nick

 

[Krish]

LOL! My buddy here is a dare devil when it comes to reefs. I've watched him many times go down to a reef, no gloves on, put his hand on it for support and pull his head underneath it to see if any fish are under an over hang or in a hole! I'd be afraid to either rest my hand on something bad or worse, put my head in a hole to have a moray eel grab or nurse shark resting grab me! He doesn't care and does it everytime!

 

[ntswift]

That is crazy! They look like the ones in my tank!

 

[slick]

they look like the ones in my tank too.