VIDEO: Giant Octopus Attacks Sub

[Jared Moya]

Canadian scientists watched in terror as a giant octopus attacked their tiny submarine in the Pacific Ocean -- and the whole frightening encounter was videotaped.

The 100-pound monstrosity came out of the dark waters and latched on to the $200,000 remote-controlled sub, scientists said.

The beast was a fully grown adult male giant Pacific octopus. With a horrible "parrot beak" for a mouth, the monster's bite has a pressure of more than 1,000 pounds per square inch ... enough to leave the costly robot submarine in little pieces.

"I go full reverse and blast him with all these seabed particles," said Mike Wood of the shocking attack. "Finally, he lets go and disappears off into the gloom. It was desperation. It's a $200,000 machine, and it's not insured."



Rare video footage shows a giant octopus attacking a small submarine off the west coast of Vancouver Island.

Salmon researchers working on the Brooks Peninsula were shocked last November when an octopus attacked their expensive and sensitive equipment.

The giant Pacific octopus weighs about 45 kilograms, powerful enough to damage Mike Wood's remote-controlled submarine.

Wood's first reaction was to panic, knowing the marine creature can exert a powerful bite.

"I go full reverse and blast him with all these seabed particles," said Wood, describing the attack shown in the video. "Finally, he lets go and disappears off into the gloom.

"It was desperation. It's a $200,000 machine, and it's not insured," said Wood, who runs SubOceanic Sciences Canada in Duncan, B.C.

No one knows what caused the octopus to attack. It may have been curious, looking for a meal or a girlfriend, said Jim Cosgrove of the Royal B.C. Museum.

"It's certainly a mature male from what I can see in the video," said Cosgrove. "Old octopuses become what we call senescent, or senile, reaching the end of their life. And sometimes their actions are very inappropriate."

Such large, powerful animals deserve respect, Cosgrove said.

The octopus left unscathed. The submarine's only defence was its thrusters, but the machine survived the attack.

The rare footage, which has just been released, is believed to be the first documented attack of an octopus on a sub.

"It was only afterwards when I replayed the video and I thought, 'Oh, yeah, that's pretty neat.' But at the time, it was just scary."

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[CrashPeer44]

woah this is nuts,
Humans need to be reminded we arn't the best on this planet

[Digital Bliss]

Meh and i thought there were people in it now that would have been sick. It's also funny how humans think they know everything when infact we dont know shit this just prooves it.

The seaweed is always greener
In somebody else's lake
You dream about going up there
But that is a big mistake
Just look at the world around you
Right here on the ocean floor
Such wonderful things surround you
What more is you lookin' for?

Under the sea
Under the sea
Darling it's better
Down where it's wetter
Take it from me
Up on the shore they work all day
Out in the sun they slave away
While we devotin'
Full time to floatin'
Under the sea

Down here all the fish is happy
As off through the waves they roll
The fish on the land ain't happy
They sad 'cause they in their bowl
But fish in the bowl is lucky
They in for a worser fate
One day when the boss get hungry
Guess who's gon' be on the plate

[Jared Moya]

Underwater is the only place on earth where even the best of human technology can oftentimes be no match against the power of its inhabitants and environment.

[Lord_of_the_Dense]

I'm pretty undefeatable in the depths of a pool.

[DwarfBaby]

I once swam accross Lake Shasta, California for a six dollar bet. If there was a Giant Octopus involved I might have gone double or nothing.

[Lord_of_the_Dense]

Nice lake. My sisters and mom live up there.

[Mels_Smileys45]

I bet I would dog walk that Mr Octopus all across the map in Calll of Duty 2! We'll see who doesn't know shit and who is the best.