Underwater footage from the incident shows the octopus attacking the sub, first by attaching a couple of arms to an underwater cable. The octopus then reached another one of its eight arms out to grab the vehicle.
A nervous Mike Wood, of Suboceanic Sciences Canada, was operating the ROV and slammed on the thrusters when the octopus attacked. He ended up blasting the approximate 45-kilogram octopus with water, silt and seashells to get rid of it.
Via CTV News
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