An angry octopus was caught on camera attacking a geologist during his trip to a local beach in Australia.
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Lance Karlson was on vacation with his family at the Geographe Bay when he starting feeling random stings on his arm and neck while swimming in the shallow water. He initially thought he was attacked by a stingray but noticed it was actually an octopus and started filming the encounter with his two-year-old daughter. “The octopus lashed out at us, which was a real shock,” he told Reuters.
Karlson added that he returned to the water alone and the octopus stuck him again and grabbed his goggles: “My goggles became fogged, the water was suddenly murky and I remember being shocked and confused.”
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Karlson used coke to alleviate the sting since its acidity has healing properties.
“We didn’t have any vinegar to pour on it, which is what you usually do with any kind of ocean sting, so I asked my wife to pour Coke on it and the sting went away. I didn’t actually know if Coke would work, but given how acidic it is I decided it was worth trying,”
He said the tentacle attack was not severe enough for him to go to the doctor or report the incident to the police.
SOURCE: BBC