Terrifying Encounter at Aquarium: Curious Octopus Clings to Child, Leaving Mystery Behind Bruises
The octopus is known to suction onto visitors
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“This thing is huge,” Taryn said in the video posted on July 15, which has since been shared nearly 13,000 times.
“It had grown exponentially,” she said, sharing a picture of the large aquatic animal. “We even flagged down an employee to ask if it was the same octopus,” and received an affirmative answer.
“Every single time we’ve touched this octopus it suctions onto him and then it releases,” her account continued.
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She described the behaviour as “fun and cool” and claimed it had been doing that to everyone in the line before them, leaving them unprepared for what was about to happen next.
The octopus started climbing out of its tank while clinging to the boy
“My son is very level-headed when it comes to animals,” Taryn claimed. But this time around, Leo found himself at something of a misunderstanding with his favorite aquarium playmate.
“Mom, it’s not letting me go,” he called his mother with a demeanor she described as “way too calmly.”
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Taryn goes on to explain that she stepped in and tried to pull her son away from the animal, but it started climbing up its side of the glass and out while clinging to the boy.
“The reason we don’t have videos of this is because my friend,” who was in charge of filming the interaction, “was also freaking out.”
When an employee did arrive, he was nonplussed and described the animal as being “playful”
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After struggling for a while and her son’s attempts to peel away the octopus’s tentacles failed, Taryn, who would not touch the creature herself, noticed purple spots on her son’s skin and decided it was time to escalate the matter.
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