Octopus Steals a GoPro Camera and Then Snaps a Picture of the Filmmaker

A certain octopus apparently doesn't like its picture being taken. When a college's digital media producer, Benjamin Savard, tried out his GoPro camera in an octopus's tank, the octopus grabbed the camera and then turned it on Savard before trying to eat the device.

Savard actually submitted a series of photos on Reddit on Tuesday. There, it quickly hit the site's front page and received more than 1,400 comments. Savard eventually created a GIF of the incident using the photos.

Savard was surprised by the octopus' reaction-but he shouldn't have been. This species of octopus, known as the two-spot octopus, is famed for its intelligence. Usually characterized as being friendly, they're considered to make the best pet octopus and usually live about two years.

"I was just trying to brainstorm different ideas of how to show off the kind of unique research that's going on here and in ways that would be engaging," said Savard in an interview with The Washington Post. "I think the octopus's timing was great. I was just in the right place at the right time."

This particular incident definitely covers the "engaging" bit of what Savard was aiming for. Currently, Savard is trying to get a better handle of where he wants to go with the video, but he plans to use the same GoPro setup in the future.

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