These divers had a rare and extended interaction with a giant Pacific Octopus during an underwater photo shoot, as it 'hugged' and played with them for over 40 minutes.
was visiting from the east coast and had requested to see an octopus — if possible — since he had never seen one before.
“I knew of a couple at this site and well, I did not disappoint to say the least,” she recalls. “Three minutes into the dive, I stumble this! EPIC! We enjoy this beauty for 40-plus minutes. It first crawled onto the friend and all over his mask, and then as I began to take photos and videos from a distance, it crawled to me and all over my camera and eventually onto my body!”
The curious octopus actively engaged with the group, investigating and interacting with them for a long time, easily fulfilling the east coast diver’s desire to see an octopus. She says the creature’s body was the size of a basketball and it extended more than three meters in length from tentacle to tentacle. During the encounter, Humphreys describes an octopus “kiss” of sorts.
“I lost track at six times of it coming to engage with me! On my camera, on my body with tentacles and suckers on my lips . You can hear my squeals of excitement and amazement!” she adds.
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