I wouldn’t say he “rose” from the water, that would imply something graceful about its movements. I uderstand, now, that this isn’t totally uncommon, just doesn’t usually happen when people are around.
Nuke it from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.
Aw...this is nothing.....friend of mine tells story of a night worker (I think he was an ER doc) who had two large fish tanks side by side....one had an octopus in it, the other had various fish. He would feed them both....however, all of a sudden fish started disappearing from the one tank. And, evidently he always discovered it upon his return from his night shift. Long story short....after awhile he caught the octopus actually lifting the lid of his tank....skooting over to the other tank, lifting the lid, and reaching in for a fish.....TRUE story!
Walk?
Looks to me like he has been out all night inking.
OH NOES! The octopi are invading!
The scout reported seeing only a few unarmed humanoid creatures at the primary invasion assault site. The first mass landing of our combined expeditionary forces will proceed on schedule.
mark
I lived by the ocean for many years and never saw anything as cool as that!
It has long been known that octopus are very intelligent.
Not too long ago it was discovered that they could learn how to unscrew metal lids from jars, being tempted by some snack inside the jar. Pretty soon aquariums around the world would put jars into the octopus tanks as “crowd pleasers”.
In another aquarium, it was noted how a bright floodlight above the tank kept going out, until it was discovered that the octopus, who didn’t appreciate the bright light when it was trying to sleep, would position itself at the top of the tank and squirt the hot light with cold tank water.
Aquariums are still trying to figure out exactly how smart is smart for octopus, by designing elaborate ways to test their intelligence.
It’s California. “I’m ready for my close up, Mr. DeMille.”
It probably hopes for an audition for the upcoming octopus reality show, “Keeping Up With The Cephalopods.”
The best way to repel an attacking land based cephalopod is by loudly chanting Sushi, Sushi, Sushi, Sushi,.....