Woman Accidentally Captures Giant Pacific Octopus On Fishing Boat, Video Goes Viral?
Viewers have been astonished, to put it mildly, by a woman's unintentional capture of a giant Pacific octopus in a prawn trap while on a fishing boat.
Unknown and unidentifiable creatures that wash up on beaches all around the world frequently leave people on the internet perplexed or afraid. Often times, they go viral on social media, and people on the internet make all kinds of assumptions about these creatures' species until professionals can identify it.
Even the most well-known and well-documented marine animal can occasionally send shivers down our spines. After all, size really does matter.
Viewers have been astonished, to put it mildly, by a woman's unintentional capture of a giant Pacific octopus in a prawn trap while on a fishing boat. The video is now going viral and has left people stunned on the internet. Watch the video here to understand what we are talking about. Here's what happened on the boat.
Woman accidentally captures a giant pacific octopus
A giant Pacific octopus, the largest octopus species, holding onto a fisherman¡¯s net pic.twitter.com/7rFg3QUpZ0
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The photographer, Brooke Sattar, who was on a fishing trip with her pals at the Alberni Inlet on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, was the one who shot the breathtaking video. Sattar originally believed the net had successfully caught a large number of prawns when she sensed some weight in the trap.
However, as she took the catch out of the water, she realised it was much larger than a prawn. She managed to get every moment of the incident on her phone's camera despite being both afraid and thrilled at the same time.
People on board could be heard remarking things like "That's a big octopus" as the animal was being reeled into the boat. "Wanna take him? I want to eat it but I don't know how to acquire it." "Never have I seen one this large. Holy crap!"
Sattar revealed to Global News that the octopus was only held in the trap for two to three minutes after the game-changing catch. "We brought up a large octopus. It barely held on for more than two or three minutes before letting go and swimming away. It didn't feel like three minutes, but after I saw my video, I realised it was only a 20-second clip," the woman told the news source.
She uploaded the video to TikTok, where it soon garnered more than 40 million views and astounded other viewers.
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The giant pacific octopus is the biggest octopus species
The giant Pacific octopus is the largest octopus, weighing 71kg, with an arm span of 4.3m!
¡ª Weird Animals (@Weird_AnimaIs) February 11, 2022
(Photo Charlene Boarts) pic.twitter.com/5zw4sFLuZo
The giant Pacific octopus, commonly referred to as the North Pacific giant octopus, is thought to be the catch. They are the "biggest, longest-living octopus species," according to the Nature Conservancy of Canada.
"A specimen that was 30 feet broad and weighed more than 600 pounds holds the largest record." The giant Pacific octopus has a lifespan of around four years and passes away soon after reproducing.
This specific octopus was discovered clinging to Sattar and her friends' fishing trap. They hunt at night and eat fish, clams, shrimp, and clam juice.
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