Blue Ringed Octopus

[Delphinus]

I sincerely hope that this is a case of mistaken identity.

I saw a bluering octopus once at a vendor when I first entered the hobby some ten years ago or so. Beautiful creatures but to be honest I would not say more so than any other small octopus species. There are so many other options available for small species of octopus that realistically offer the same enjoyment but don't pose such a serious risk of instant-death to the unsuspecting consumer. In this case I don't think it was offered for sale, it was a bycatch or whatever, one of those "it was in the box." (In this day and age, I can't believe that this sort of thing would show up as a sustitution or whatever.)

In any case, I don't think this is something that should be offered so casually as a "look what's available this week" sort of thing. IMO this species shouldn't be available.. there are others that are less dangerous and I dunno, but an octopus is octopus .. is it really necessary to have the machismo associated with keeping a bluering? I can't really understand any other reason why one would want one.

Jus my $0.02. I'm really hoping it's just a case of mistaken identity.