I think this is a fascinating creature with clearly some very strong emotions just like we do as humans,” he added. Lance Karlson, 34, first saw the marine creature when it lashed. Lance Karlson was left with the imprint of an octopus tentacle after being attacked in Geographe Bay in Western Australia on March 18.
“They are beautiful creatures and I really hope this provokes more interest in octopuses as opposed to fear of them. A former lifeguard has been attacked at an idyllic holiday spot by an angry octopus that wrapped its tentacles around his neck. Picture: Lance Karlson / Storyful.Source:SuppliedLance Karlson was on holiday. Eagle attacks octopus, probably regrets it. Karlson said he’d never seen an octopus that close before and watched the Netflix documentary “My Octopus Teacher” after the incident to learn more about the cephalopods. Angry octopus attacks man while swimming. Although the octopus looked docile at first, it got aggressive very quickly. In a video, the octopus can be seen in shallow waters lashing out at geologist Lance Karlson. “Like all octopuses it is venomous, but like most it is harmless to humans, with the venoms dramatically more potent on invertebrates like clams and lobster,” he told CNN Friday. “The pain went away and more than anything since then, it’s been more the physical hit that was painful… The imprint on my neck in those photos is more from the physical hit, and I guess it makes complete sense when you look at the video I took 20 minutes earlier of that lashing out,” he said.īryan Fry, an associate professor at the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Queensland, identified the octopus as a common Octopus vulgaris. All his family could grab was Coca-Cola, which his wife poured over his back in the shower and the pain dissipated. Within a minute, a perfect imprint of an octopus tentacle appeared on Karlson’s neck and back.Ī former volunteer lifeguard, Karlson rushed back to his hotel room to find something acidic to put on the wound. Octopuses are known to squirt an ink-like substance when they feel threatened, CNN reports. A former lifeguard was attacked by an octopus while he was swimming at a beach in Western Australia.
“I was confused - it was more of a shock than a fright,” said Karlson. His goggles fogged and the water around him turned murky with what he thought might have been octopus ink as he struggled back toward the shore.
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