octopus steals my video camera and swims off with it (while it's Recording)

while trying to get video of a wild octopus, it suddenly dashed towards me and rips my shiny new camera from out of my hands, then swims off, all while the camera is recording! he swam away very quickly like a naughty shoplifter. after a 5 minute chase, I placed my speargun underneath him and he quickly and curiously grabbed hold of the gun as well, giving me enough time to reach in and grab the camera from out of his mouth. I didn't feel threatened at all during the whole ordeal. he seemed to be fixated on the shiny metallic blue digital camera. the only confusing behavior was how he dashed off with it like a thief haha. cheeky octopus.

songs by: Vincent Gillioz - Car Chase
Dalmatian Rex and the Eigentones - Octopus I Love You

thanks for watching, and remember life is too short to spend it in front of a tv or at the shopping mall......get out there and live it up! these moments of beauty exist every single second in nature.

love,
vic

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http://www.ibdivers.co.nz
http://www.splashgordon.co.nz

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[Hunter Thompson]

I did not know there was so much crime in the ocean.

[plplplplomg]

not when its running away with camera worth 5-10k or so xD

[EmulatedMusic]

Your picture made my smack my computer screen, you asshole you.

[Frutoses]

Well, you know us Mediterraneans.

[Julie Grigio]

Yeah i know. My italian side of the famly has it all the time. I just attempted a joke ;_;

[Akuhei Yami]

I wonder what would happen if it swallowed your camera .__. we would then witness what happens in the octopus

[purplepikau]

hahahahahaha!!!

[jsb480]

you must have been in the (hood)...

[whyuhatan]

Octopuses are attracted to shiny objects for some reason they even had a show about the octopus on Animal Planet once where a diver talked about a octopus latching onto his face turns out it was attracted to his shiny mouthpiece he had to take his mask off and swim to the surface why do they do it do they think its food or are they just curious

[W4rnati0n]

You made me flick my LCD screen :(

[Urdarbrunn]

Didn't you die?

[James Norwood]

Octo-snatch and grab?