Boy, 3, bitten by octopus | NEWS.com.au
Boy, 3, bitten by octopus | NEWS.com.au:
A THREE-year-old boy is in intensive care after a bite from a deadly octopus at a south-east Queensland beach.
Jane Moss said today her son Anthony had been playing with the blue-ringed octopus in the shallows at Suttons Beach at Redcliffe, north of Brisbane, when it bit him yesterday.
He was rushed to hospital unable to breathe, and put on life support overnight.
He was still in intensive care tonight, but could be discharged as early as tomorrow.
Ms Moss said Anthony and his twin brother had been "messing with" the octopus, and Anthony showed symptoms only minutes after they put the creature back in the water.
"He said to me, 'I can't walk,' and his legs were all floppy," she told the Nine Network.
Attacks by the blue-ringed octopus in waters off south-east Queensland are considered extremely rare.