Holy shit! I used to scuba with these things in Hood Canal...

[Squatch]

they were great fun to play with. You just had to make sure you held on to your regulator.

Now, I'm not so sure that was the smartest thing to do.

Amazing stuff

Warning: lots of nakedness on the website.

Warning part deux: the video contains footage of an animal killing another animal.

[progmom]

1. holy shit

:scared:

[Shell Beau]

2. That was amazing but very tough for me to watch.

I hate to see animals struggling for their lives. I was actually rooting for the shark. What kind of octopus and shark were they? And are you saying you rode the octopus? Those are obviously some strong animals.

On edit, I wanted to check out that website to find more amazing videos. Beware, if you don't like naked women, then don't go to the site. :wow:

[Debi]

3. I had to quit watching

did the shark die? I can't watch anything suffer, I'm such a wimp!

[Shell Beau]

4. I would say it did die. The octopus

swam off with it. :cry: I am a wimp too. I know one needs to eat to survive, but the other one needs to not be eaten to survive. Ahhh, I guess we'll just be wimps.

[Debi]

9. Why can't the octopus eat kelp?

Poor sharkey....
RIP :cry:

[Shell Beau]

12. Right before he became lunch!

It wouldn't be so bad if we didn't have to watch him wiggle about trying to get free. Even a fish that he could easily swallow would be better b/c it would be over faster! :(

[Debi]

14. Exactly!

I once saw a struggle between two snakes - one was eating the other - small one was biting the large one, so even though he was lunch, the bigger snake was going to die later. I'm not a fan of that kind of nature

[Shell Beau]

15. Me either. I know it happens, but

I could do w/o seeing it. I am a big fan of the Discovery Channel, but I have to close my eyes when the lions kill the wilda beast or gazelles.

[Squatch]

5. Giant Pacific Octopus

Until now, I thought they were very docile creatures. The shark looked like a grey nurse shark, but I'm probably wrong.

[Shell Beau]

6. I thought that sucker was pretty big.

Maybe they just aren't docile when it comes to lunch.

[Squatch]

7. I know they like Ballpark Franks and Dungeness crabs.

The get huge (about 8' tip to tip) and are downright beautiful. Their eyes are incredibly spooky.

[Shell Beau]

8. Ballpark franks? ha ha! I read a little

on them and apparently they are extremely intelligent. I have always been fascinated by squid and octipi!

[Rising Phoenix]

10. that was cool - I didn't know they could do that

[Redneck Socialist]

11. Whoa!

That was totally cool! Thanks! :wow:

[Rabrrrrrr]

13. Dang!

I wouldn't want to be the guy who has the move the octopus into a new tank.

:-)

[Shell Beau]

16. And the OP used to swim with those suckers! (pun not intended)

:wow:

[Squatch]

19. Here's a pic (not me, but gives you an idea of the size)

[Shell Beau]

21. Whoa! Those things are huge!

:wow:

[Squatch]

23. Yeah, but like I said, very docile...most of the time

They don't like the feel of neoprene, so you have to take your gloves off if you want to handle them (unlike the guy in the pic...jerk).

The power of their suckers is pretty freaky. When you play with the small ones, they're like velcro on your skin. Not rough or painful, but definitely a weird sensation.

[Shell Beau]

26. I'd have to say I'd be a little freaked out,

but I wouldn't mind playing with a smaller one.

[knowbody0]

17. hafta share this!

10 year old son with shark caught in gilnet off Mukilteo








sorry, im still a spazz with photobucket

[Squatch]

18. What kind of shark?

I had an encounter with a sixgill shark in Tacoma at Les Davis.

[knowbody0]

22. fisheries called it a salmon shark

and ordered them to bring it to the docks, where they took it away.

[Squatch]

24. Shit...that's a very close relative of the Great White...

Family Lamnidae.

Link doesn't work...sorry.

Look it up on fishbase.org

[knowbody0]

28. i know

i was very sad that day. it made KOMO news that night. (my son is 28 now)

[Shell Beau]

20. What do they do with them after they kill them?

[knowbody0]

25. he was hopelessly tangled in the net

and ramming the boat. they called fisheries who shot the shark.

[Shell Beau]

27. Aw, that really breaks my heart. I guess they did what

was best for the shark. Still, that is a cool pic!

[knowbody0]

29. i wish i could make it big for you

i touched it and examined every square inch of it. amazing creatures. so powerful. everyone on that boat had diarhea. my son had no color, white lips etc. it happened at night and apparently the shark would lunge out of the water showing all his teeth.

[Shell Beau]

30. Yikes! That would be scary!

[In_The_Wind]

31. WOW !

really awesome link!

[Squatch]

32. Yeah...Mother Nature is wicked cool.

I guess this is the first time this sort of behavior was witnessed.