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Attack of the Giant Octopus

  • Jan 30th, 2006
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    • A giant
    pacific octopus attacked a Seaeye Falcon ROV working off Vancouver Island
    as it was locating and recovering receivers tracking pacific offshore
    salmon migration.

    The incident was caught on the ROV’s video by Mike Wood of SubOceanic
    Sciences Canada. He had just located a data recorder and taken a grip of
    the cable with the ROV’s manipulator arm, when suddenly an 80 lb octopus
    launched an attack.

    With tentacles ‘as thick as man’s arm’ and a bite that he believed can
    exert 1000 lbs pressure, Mike Wood feared the octopus would bite the camera
    cable or umbilical and trip out the Falcon ROV.

    Not wanting to lose the receiver that he had just located he decided to
    take on the creature and after tightening his grip of the cable with the
    manipulator arm, revved the ROV’s thrusters in reverse in an attempt to
    blast seabed particles at the creature. For a moment the octopus appeared
    to intensify its attack with its mantle flared but eventually the swirling
    fragments drove it away.

    from Seaeye

    see Video
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    12 Responses to “Attack of the Giant Octopus”

    1. ~b Says:
      February 1st, 2006 at 10:52 pm

      Any idea what happened to the video? Have a local copy perhaps (there server drops an error)?

    2. Michael Feldman Says:
      February 2nd, 2006 at 10:17 pm

      I can see it fine when I click on http://www.seaeye.com/videos/octopus_attack.mpg….it opens in an embedded QT viewer in an other
      wise blank page.

    3. Friaz Says:
      June 20th, 2008 at 10:02 pm

      I cant seem to get the video to work. I want to see it and the octopus.

    4. bla bla Says:
      June 28th, 2008 at 11:43 am

      wow that was so cool

    5. jada Says:
      August 27th, 2008 at 12:09 pm

      wow really cool hey any body want to go out

    6. Banksy Says:
      October 30th, 2008 at 9:17 pm

      “Sorry! Video has been removed due to unprecendented demand!”

    7. Monster Cables Says:
      November 21st, 2008 at 10:34 pm

      I cannot see this video too.

    8. Craft Directory Says:
      November 29th, 2008 at 1:00 am

      Me too – can’t see it but impressive photo.

    9. Eggrush Says:
      January 30th, 2009 at 8:22 am

      Bring the video back Geoff!!

    10. Cherry Blossom Forecast 2009 Says:
      February 16th, 2009 at 7:47 am

      Cool pic – wish the video was still available.

    11. whoa Says:
      April 10th, 2009 at 8:33 am

      the video’s wroking well whats wrong

    12. Anonymous Says:
      July 24th, 2009 at 3:18 pm

      You can find the video here:

      http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7521783500074811640

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