A JOKE photo op went badly wrong when a woman put an octopus on her face for a laugh but the poisonous animal then bit her and injected her with venom.

Jamie Bisceglia, who owns the company South Sound Salmon Sisters, saw her chance to enter a photo competition on Friday when fishermen near Tacoma reeled in the octopus at a fishing derby.

3 Jamie put the octopus on her face for a joke photo but she was bitten twice by it

Thinking the small animal was either a baby giant Pacific octopus or a a Pacific red octopus, she put it on her face and posed with a cheesy grin and her hands in the air.

But the octopus didn't see the funny side and grabbed her with its suckers and then bit her face with its beak-like jaws twice.

She told KIRO7: "It had barrelled its beak into my chin and then let go a little bit and did it again.

"It was a really intense pain when it went inside, and it just bled, dripping blood for a long time."

Both the giant Pacific octopus and the Pacific red octopus have a powerful beak which is uses to break the shells of crabs, clams and mussels, according to a spokeswoman for the Point Defiance Aquarium.

Their bite also contains a poisonous venom which they use to immobilise their prey.

The venom left Bisceglia in incredible pain but she kept fishing for two more days before going to hospital.

She said: "I'm still in pain. I'm on three different antibiotics. This can come and go, the swelling, for months they say."

But she added she had learned something from it, saying: "This was not a good idea, I will never do it again."

GIGANTIC - the giant Pacific octopus The giant Pacific octupus is the largest known octopus species with the Guinness Book of Records listing one as being 136kg with an arm span of 32ft. Most adults though weigh around 50kg with a span of 20ft. They prey upon shrimp, crabs, scallop, abalone, cockles, snails, clams, lobsters and fish. Their prey is caught using their suckers and then it is bitten with its beak which is made from chitin. Most live for between 3-5 years. While they contain venom this is harmless to humans. Only the blue-ring octopus is dangerous to humans.

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Bisceglia shared her story with her Facebook followers and revealed she ended up cooking the octopus for dinner.

She wrote: "Yes, that is an octopus on my face!! I didn’t know they had a beak that they can inject into you.

"Well it happened to me. Ouch! My chin is swollen up and would not stop bleeding and now it’s just oozing. But I’m going to cook it for dinner!"

She later added: "WOW! I never imagined such a wonderful foraged dinner! I love octopus."

3 Jamie was left with blood pouring everywhere

3 Jamie said she was taking three antibiotics and had been warned the effects could last for months

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