Octopus attacks Sub

[bennedc]

Did ya'll hear about this? Giant Pacific octo, weighing 45 kg, attacked a remote controlled sub off of Vancouver Island last fall. I saw the video clip on CNN Headline news tonight. Why is this just now making the news? I wish I could find a link to the video clip. Here's a link to read about it. 45kg...that's 99lbs! That's a scary big octo.
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060126/octopus_bc_060126/20060126?hub=Canada
Oh, wait. The link to the video is right to the left of the article on the newspage link I gave above. Interesting.

 

[Jason Ooi]

Hi,

So scary........huge octopus.....

Thank you for sharing

Cheer
Jason:05:

Did ya'll hear about this? Giant Pacific octo, weighing 45 kg, attacked a remote controlled sub off of Vancouver Island last fall. I saw the video clip on CNN Headline news tonight. Why is this just now making the news? I wish I could find a link to the video clip. Here's a link to read about it. 45kg...that's 99lbs! That's a scary big octo.
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060126/octopus_bc_060126/20060126?hub=Canada
Oh, wait. The link to the video is right to the left of the article on the newspage link I gave above. Interesting.

 

[H2Andy]

doesn't sound like an "attack"

sounds more like a "hey, what's this weird thing doing in my back yard" type thing

and THEN the frigging operator attacked the octopus:

He ended up blasting the approximate 45-kilogram octopus with water, silt and seashells to get rid of it.

'cause he was afraid the octo would damage the little sub

notice that no damage to the sub is reported, and none in fact occurred



i just love it how the press coaches this into a "savage octopus attacks
helpless droid" story when just the opposite happened

 

[hdtran]

No, no, no! If you read the story, the octopus was in love! Spurned by that darned fickle sub!

Or maybe the octopus was harassing the sub. Octopus: "Hey, you're cute." Sub: "ummm..." Octopus: "Let me show you how long my tentacles are!" Sub: "urrr..." Octopus: "How about coming over to see my etchings!" Sub: "arrrr..."

 

[mike_s]

I'm surprised no one joked about "the yellow sub-marine"....

 

[H2Andy]

I'm surprised no one joked about "the yellow sub-marine"....

not as yellow as the operator's briefs after the incident...

groan... that was bad...

really bad

 

[mike_s]

not as yellow as the operator's briefs after the incident...

Actually, for the cost of loosing a $200,000 submersible, I bet
his butt got so tight that it sucked his shorts up a few inches....

 

[Darnold9999]

Actually when I first saw the story they interviewed a marine biologist and he said it looked to him that the octopus was probably more curious than "attacking". Was actually pretty balanced reporting. However if it was my $200,000 sub on the end of a very very long cable I wouldn't be letting an octopus play with it or attack it.