At the Aquarium of Genoa, a giant octopus blocked a diver in charge of maintenance of the tank with its tentacles in front of amazed visitors
He is about to end up run over, his mother saves him
A giant octopus has trapped a diver with its long tentacles, holding it back for a few minutes. What we are telling you is not a scene from a movie, but what really happened a couple of days ago at theGenova's aquarium, in front of a group of visitors - including several children - in disbelief. As soon as the tank maintenance man noticed, the young octopus used its tentacles to block the man, clinging to his legs.
The unusual scene was immortalized by several visitors and by the Aquarium staff who wrote on the page of the structure "The giant octopus of the Aquarium of Genoa interacts affectionately with the diver who takes care of the cleaning of his tank".
Once grabbed ... he won't let go ;-) The giant octopus of the Genoa Aquarium interacts with the diver who takes care of the cleaning of his tank ???
Posted by Acquario di Genova on Saturday, August 7, 2021
The reaction of the diver, who tried to indulge the animal, was rather calm. And, after a few minutes of patience, the mollusk has finally let go.
The giant octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) is one of the main attractions of the famous Ligurian aquarium, which is home to invertebrates, Antarctic fish, seals and penguins. This cephalopod lives along the northern shores of the Pacific, at a depth of about 65 meters, and is the largest living octopus species. Adult specimens can weigh over 40 kilos. Their skin is wrinkled and covered with small pockets of pigment, called chromatophores, which allow them to blend in with their surroundings.
It is now known that octopuses are endowed with extraordinary intelligence and perceive pain (not only physically but also emotionally), but too often we see them locked up in small tanks in aquariums, deprived of their freedom and their true nature, as happens to many other animals. For this reason, in the reaction of the young octopus towards the diver we can not see anything funny nor "affection", but only infinite sadness for a poor mollusk forced to live in captivity for the rest of his existence.
Source: Genoa Aquarium
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