YOU GUYS I GOT TO TOUCH AN OCTOPUS

Thank you so very much to Laurie for providing me the opportunity of a lifetime. I have a whole new respect for the Giant Pacific Octopus – it’s not just that their strength is much more that you expect, it’s that each arm has enough strength and dexterity that you’d be incapacitated in a heartbeat, and at the mercy of the six other arms and the beak. I knew that academically before, but having experienced it makes it much more terrifying. And awesome.