“I am worried that people will view octopuses in a different light. “This was clearly the octopus's domain,” he said. The footage Karlson posted - with the comment, “The angriest octopus in Geographe Bay!” - was widely shared, but he said he felt apprehension but no animosity towards the animal. Geologist Lance Karlson stepped into the wrong neighborhood in Australia’s Geographe Bay when he approached this octopus with his 2-year-old daughter. Since he did not have vinegar, his preferred treatment for sea animal stings, he poured cola over the affected area, which worked well to stop the stinging. Karlson said he raced back to shore and saw raised imprints of tentacles across his arm, neck and upper back. “My goggles became fogged, the water was suddenly murky and I remember being shocked and confused,” Karlson added in the e-mail. “I am worried that people will view octopuses in a different light.“The octopus lashed out at us, which was a real shock,” Karlson said in e-mailed comments to Reuters.Īfter setting up a sun protection tent for his family on the beach, Karlson put on goggles and went in the water alone to explore a collection of crab shells, which he believed were left by dead sea creatures.Īs he was swimming, he felt another whip across his arm - followed by a more forceful sting across his neck and upper back. “This was clearly the octopus’s domain,” he said. The footage Karlson posted with the comment: “The angriest octopus in Geographe Bay!” was widely shared, but he said he felt apprehension but no animosity toward the animal. Karlson said he raced back to shore and saw raised imprints of tentacles across his arm, neck and upper back. Courtesy Lance Karlson On March 18, 34-year-old Lance Karlson was walking on the beach and looking for somewhere to swim with his two-year-old daughter in Geographe Bay, a popular snorkeling spot. “My goggles became fogged, the water was suddenly murky and I remember being shocked and confused,” Karlson added in the email. The angry octopus came after him again and struck him on the arm.
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“The octopus lashed out at us, which was a real shock,” Karlson said in emailed comments to Reuters.Īfter setting up a sun protection tent for his family on the beach, Karlston put on goggles and went in the water alone to explore a collection of crab shells, which he believed were left by dead sea creatures.Īs he was swimming, he felt another whip across his arm - followed by a more forceful sting across his neck and upper back. The viral video shows the octopus in shallow waters lashing out at geologist Lance Karlson. Upon walking closer with his two-year-old daughter, he discovered it was an octopus, and took a video, which shows the animal in shallow water take a sudden strike in Karlson’s direction with its tentacles. Geologist and author Lance Karlson was about to take a dip near the resort he and his family were staying at in Geographe Bay, on Australia’s southwest coast, when he spotted what he thought was the tail of a stingray emerging from the water and striking a seagull.įor all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app. Watch Video: Octopus lashes out at swimmer in Australia A video showing an octopus lashing out at a man on a beach last month in Western Australia has gone viral. A swim on holiday at a Western Australia beach has resulted in a painful octopus “whipping” - and a video of the encounter that has gone viral.