The story examines some of the most dangerous venomous animals on Earth, from the inland taipan of the Australian Outback to the Sydney funnel-web, redback spider, Gila monster, and blue-ringed ...

The blue-ringed octopus is among the ocean’s most paradoxical animals: small enough to sit in the palm of a hand, usually shy, and yet capable of delivering one of the most potent venoms in the sea.