This is a rather crazy little video discovered on YouTube today. The diver (Victor Huang) is filming underwater when he was rushed by an Octopus that seems to be rather keen on underwater videography; it grabs his camera and makes a swim for it! The whole thing has been caught on film as well!
Victor puts up chase for 5 minutes, until he manages to get the Octopus to grab his speargun instead, which he then won't let go of - so Victor and his new friend go for a swim for a while! Watch this amazing video..
From Victor: "while trying to get video of a wild octopus, it suddenly dashed towards me and rips my shiny new camera from out of my hands, then swims off, all while the camera is recording! he swam away very quickly like a naughty shoplifter. after a 5 minute chase, I placed my speargun underneath him and he quickly and curiously grabbed hold of the gun as well, giving me enough time to reach in and grab the camera from out of his mouth. I didn't feel threatened at all during the whole ordeal. he seemed to be fixated on the shiny metallic blue digital camera. the only confusing behavior was how he dashed off with it like a thief haha. cheeky octopus."
