Diver is attacked by huge octopus that wraps its tentacles around him

Diver is attacked by huge octopus that wraps its tentacles around him – before it swims back to the depths 

  • A giant octopus tried to bite a diver’s leg and clung onto their flipper near Japan
  • Terrifying footage also shows the animal wrap its tentacles around their right leg
  • After also grabbing the flipper the animal returned to the depths of the ocean 

A giant octopus tried to bite a diver’s leg and clung onto their flipper in the sea of Japan.

Terrifying footage shows the animal, that appears to be as long as a human from tentacle tip to bulbous head, wrap its tentacles around the scared diver’s right leg.

It was filmed on the Garrow Peninsula on Monday last week.

The giant octopus latches onto the diver’s leg as they swim through the sea of Japan, near the Garrow peninsula

After latching on the octopus appears to try and bite down on the leg with its sharp beak

The octopus appears to try and bite the diver's leg

After latching on the octopus appears to try and bite their right leg using its sharp beak, which is hidden among its eight tentacles. Octopuses generally avoid humans although they have been known to attack them, along with relatives the Humboldt squid

Horrifying footage shows the huge octopus suddenly grab the diver’s limb and surround the limb with eight large tentacles.

It appears to be preparing to bite down on the body part using its sharp beak, hidden where it’s mouth is.

As the diver tries to pull away the octopus drops down and latches onto their fin, causing the person filming to shout to move away.

The diver hits the octopus’ tentacles with the fin which sends it swimming back to the depths below. 

Video shows it changing colour to match the seafloor before disappearing under a rock. 

The octopus lets go and suctions onto the diver's fin. When it is hit with the plastic object, however, the animal quickly retreats to the depths below

The octopus lets go and suctions onto the diver’s fin. When it is hit with the plastic object, however, the animal quickly retreats to the depths below

Octopus retreats to the depths and changes colour in order to camouflage with the sea floor

The octopus then tries to conceal itself behind a rock

The octopus changes colour and then tries to conceal itself among some rocks. The giant pacific octopus lives in waters around Alaska and Japan. The largest individual ever found weighed the same as three baby elephants, at 600lbs

Octopuses are known to generally avoid humans, although have been known to attack humans in the past alongside their close relatives the Humboldt squid.

Last year a squid grabbed an octopus grabbed a diver’s arms and his camera equipment in the Russian far east. 

In 2013, Humboldts living in the eastern Pacific reportedly tried to drown a diver when they wrapped their tentacles around his head and kneck and tried to drag him deep underwater.

The giant Pacific octopus lives around Alaska and Japan. 

The largest individual ever found weighed the same as three baby elephants, at 600lb, and measured 30 feet in length, according to oceana.org.

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