‘It was giving me a hug’: video captures rare giant octopus encounter

[Still Waters]

For outsiders, scuba diving in the frigid waters of the northern Pacific can seem daunting: limbs quickly go numb without the right equipment, and unlike the sparkling blue of the tropics, the water has a gloomy, greenish tint.

But a recent viral encounter between a diver and an octopus has highlighted the particular magic of the sunken kelp forests off the coast of British Columbia.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/09/canada-octopus-video-andrea-humphreys