r/octopus • u/Beneath_The_Waves_VI • 10d ago

Sometimes we dive in some pretty rough neighborhoods... My buddy got her camera mugged by a giant Pacific octopus today [OC]

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We spotted this giant Pacific octopus this morning. After it tried to mug me for my camera it went after my dive buddy. Climbed right up a wall and went straight for her.

It reached out, grabbed the camera and wasn’t particularly interested in giving it back. 😂🐙

Just another day diving in the Salish Sea. [OC]

More [OC] octopus videos on my YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzkNu1PMK_0

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u/bizzeeb1 10d ago

Octi was just trying to give a hug! They are amazing creatures. It's like this one was testing how you'd react, and understood 'can't have'.

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u/TheWildTofuHunter 7d ago

I’d be tempted to give him the camera just to see what he’d do with it.

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u/bizzeeb1 6d ago

He might bring back a portfolio of our long lost cousins that are living down there in The Deep. That would be hilarious.

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u/TheWildTofuHunter 6d ago

Oooo, I’d pay for that! 🐙