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CARMEL, Calif. (KSBW) — Two men were diving in Bluefish Cove off the coast of Point Lobos in Carmel when an enormous eight-legged sea creature emerged out of murky ocean depths.
A Giant Pacific Octopus spotted Warren Murray and David Malvestuto as they were swimming with a large, expensive, professional underwater camera 80 feet below the ocean's surface, KSBW 8 reported.
The octopus saw the divers before the divers saw it because the color-changing animal was perfectly camouflaged to match a pink and yellow rock.
The shy but very curious octopus wrapped all eight of its long legs around Murray's camera. Malvestuto kept his camera rolling and recorded the incredible sight of Murray wrestling with the octopus.
Giant Pacific Octopuses have powerful suction cups dotting their legs, and they can grow up to 30 feet across. Marine biologists estimated this one was 20 feet wide, tentacle to tentacle.
