Woman Hospitalized After Blue-Ringed Octopus Attack on Beach

An Australian woman in her 30s was hospitalized after being bitten multiple times by a blue-ringed octopus while swimming at a beach in Sydney. The venom of the blue-ringed octopus is considered to be more potent than cyanide and can kill 26 humans within minutes. Paramedics treated the woman at the scene before taking her to the hospital to be monitored and treated for further symptoms.