Before anybody starts judging, this was an interactive exhibit where you’re meant to touch the animals. This one though would not let go.
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Many zoos, aquariums, and farms throughout the country offer different exhibits where you can touch the animals. Typically the animals are gentler creatures or very small in nature. The San Antonio Aquarium offers what they call ‘Animal Encounters‘. With your aquarium admission you can pet some of the animals or pay extra to feed some of them. For three tokens you can feed an American alligator, giant Pacific octopus, or a tamandua.
Watch Octopus Latch Onto a Child at the San Antonio Aquarium
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My son has visited the same octopus every week for 3 years. She always loved him until today, when she tried to pull him into the tank. It took 3 aquarium employees to get her off. Was it affection? Recognition? Or something more dangerous? We thought it was a sweet animal bond… until it left bruises. And when we walked back later, she changed color the second she saw him. Watch til the end. Tell me: Was this love or a warning sign? Octopus experts, weigh in. #Octopus#AquariumStory#AnimalBondGoneWrong#OctopusBehavior#SeaLife#AnimalInstinct#MarineBiology#ParentingTikTok
♬ original sound – Britney Taryn
Britney Taryn shared the following video on her TikTok page of the incident that happened a few weeks ago at the aquarium. She says that her six-year-old son has visited this exhibit several times in the past and has never had any issues whatsoever. However, on this particular day, the octopus that you’re allowed to pet, decided to latch onto her son’s arm…