I think this is a fascinating creature with clearly some very strong emotions just like we do as humans,” he added. Now footage of his aggressive encounter with the animal has gone viral, with his 30 second Instagram video receiving over 264,300 views. “They are beautiful creatures and I really hope this provokes more interest in octopuses as opposed to fear of them. Lance Karlson was on holiday and walking along the beach in Georgraphe Bay, Western Australia when he came across a seemingly very irritated octopus. Karlson said he’d never seen an octopus that close before and watched Netflix documentary “ My Octopus Teacher” after the incident to learn more about the cephalopods. Lance Karlson, a 34-year-old geologist from Perth, was vacationing with his wife and daughter on a beach in Dunsborough, Australia on March 18 when he spotted a giant octopus in shallow waters. Lance Karlson/Storyful A holidaymaker has revealed how he was attacked by the ‘angriest octopus’ on an Australian beach. “Like all octopuses it is venomous, but like most it is harmless to humans, with the venoms dramatically more potent on invertebrates like clams and lobster,” he told CNN Friday. ![]() ![]() “The pain went away and more than anything since then, it’s been more the physical hit that was painful… The imprint on my neck in those photos is more from the physical hit, and I guess it makes complete sense when you look at the video I took 20 minutes earlier of that lashing out,” he said.īryan Fry, an associate professor at the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Queensland, identified the octopus as a common Octopus vulgaris. As he was swimming, Lance Karlson felt a whip across his arm, followed by a more forceful sting across his neck and upper back. A holidaymaker has divulged how he was attacked by the angriest octopus on an Australian beach. But they definitely change colors while they sleep Instagram/Lance Karlson A man was attacked by the 'angriest octopus' off the coast of Western Australia.
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