Snorkeler stunned after large octopus latches onto arm
Shocking video has emerged of a stunned snorkeler's scary underwater tussle with an arm-latching octopus who refused to budge off the coast of Western Australia.
The snorkeler said he "felt a tight squeeze" on his arm after "sticking" his hand a weedy hole on a dive adventure.
When he pulled his arm out from inside the cave, he was shocked to find an octopus firmly latched to his arm.
The strong-willed octopus refused to budge and stayed on the shocked snorkeler's arm for several minutes.
The stressed snorkeler then attempted several times to remove the octopus, a mission that proved unsuccessful.
After several minutes, the octopus finally unlatched itself swam away into another nearby crevice.
The amazing underwater vision was captured on the snorkeler’s GoPro purely by chance off the waters on Point Peron in Western Australia.
The unusual underwater animal is known for hiding and congregating in groups in caves, between reefs and underneath ledges.
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