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Octopus nearly strangles a diver (i.imgur.com)
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[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe 13 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I feel like the ink defense might have been a clue that the octopus wasn’t in the mood to be manhandled.

[–] BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 minutes ago

It thought it was being attacked, inked as some do, then tried to get away when he grabbed it. It's natural response is to then grab and sucker to anything and hold on.