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He recalled being surprised and confused. His goggles became fogged, and the water was abruptly murky. This was followed by a more forceful sting across his upper back and neck. As he swam, he felt the second whip across his arm. He said the incident was a "real shock." Following his setting up a sun protection tent for his family on the beach, Karlson put on goggles and swam alone to explore a collection of crab shells, which believed were left by Dead Sea creatures. Male Octopus Gives Birth to 1000 Babies, Surprising Zookeepers in Skidaway Aquarium The imprints of the tentacles quickly formed raised marks across my skin," reported Fox News. According to Karlson, "My goggles were too fogged to see what had happened and I swam back to shore in pain. Karlson returned to the water, but the octopus located him and lashed at him for the second time. The Australian author witnessed another side to the marine creature when the octopus defended its home rather forcefully. They are typically playful and inquisitive. Octopuses are regarded by biologists to be some of the most intelligent invertebrates.

Karlson reacted, "Oh, golly," with slight apparent panic at the near miss, reported The New York Times. Then it unfurled its deceptively long arms in an abrupt snap. The octopus lurched toward them, constricting for a brief moment. Around two weeks ago, he remarked he took his daughter for a walk on a beach near their hotel when they saw the tentacles on an octopus lashing at a seagull, reported Daily News. He was staying with his wife and 2-year-old daughter.

I never thought it would actually happen," she said.īashant said she was on her deck smoking when she heard the animal. “I’ve always kept a bat out there by my chair just in case an animal or someone came up and attacked me. While the woman, Kimberly Bashant, escaped injury, a neighbor killed the animal with a baseball bat on Valerie Avenue in the Bay Bridge Estate mobile home park.īashant said she’s often seen wild animals on her property. In other news, a fox recently attacked a woman in Brunswick mobile home park before getting killed by a neighbor, the Times Record reported. "It was more the pain from the physical strike of the octopus," he added. "There was some stinging, but after being a life saver for some years I've been stung by blue bottles and it was not anything like that," Karlson said. "The imprints of the tentacles quickly formed raised marks across my skin," he added.Īfter the attack, the author and former surf lifesaver instructed his wife to pour Coke over the wound. "My goggles were too fogged to see what had happened and I swam back to shore in pain," Karlson said. Karlson told that he was looking at the shells when the octopus struck him on the arm and connected to the back of his neck. "The angriest octopus in Geographe Bay! After going after a seagull it then decided my daughter and I deserved a lashing! I later discovered its home amongst a crab graveyard, where it came after me again!" he captioned the video.