![]() "I took that footage, it lashed out at me and I was quite surprised and then it swam off into deeper water," Karlson told CNN Friday. 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 Karlsons direction with its. Karlson posted his video on Instagram, where it has been viewed 60,000 times. A post shared by Lance Karlson Author (lancekarlson) In the video, when Karlson approaches, the octopod adopts a rather confrontational posture, facing the camera dead on and slowly gliding. ![]() Realizing the creature was, in fact, an octopus, he started filming it - just in time for the angry invertebrate to launch itself at him. ![]() 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 about 140 miles south of Perth, when he saw what he thought was a stingray leap from the water. (CNN) - Considered by biologists to be some of the most intelligent invertebrates, octopuses are normally playful and inquisitive.īut an Australian geologist saw another side to the marine creatures, when one octopus defended its home in Western Australia rather aggressively. 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. Considered by biologists to be some of the most intelligent invertebrates, octopuses are normally playful and inquisitive. Geologist Lance Karlson stepped into the wrong neighborhood in Australia’s Geographe Bay when he approached this octopus with his 2-year-old daughter. ![]()
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