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Octopus Latching Onto Fisherman's Face Caught On Video
A man named Jesser Cervantes went fishing in a small wooden boat near the Philippines.
He caught an octopus with his fishing line.
The octopus jumped onto his face and wrapped its arms around his head.
Its strong suckers covered his mouth, making the situation scary.
He hit the octopus with a piece of bamboo to make it let go.
After several tries, he managed to pull it off.
He threw the octopus back into the water.
He said the octopus almost ripped his face.
Octopuses have very strong suckers that grip things tightly.
A video of this scary moment was shared online.
An octopus latched onto fisherman Jesser Cervantes' face and covered his mouth with its powerful suckers.
The incident happened while Cervantes was fishing from a wooden dinghy near the Philippines last month.
Cervantes struck the octopus repeatedly with a cut bamboo stem to loosen its grip.
He managed to pull the octopus away and dropped it back into the water.
The encounter was reported by the New York Post after wild footage surfaced on social media.
- Who
- Jesser Cervantes, a fisherman
- What
- An octopus latched onto his face while he was fishing and had to be pried loose with a bamboo stem
- Where
- Near the Philippines, while fishing from a wooden dinghy
- When
- Last month
- Why
- The octopus latched onto his face after he reeled it in, gripping tightly with its powerful suckers
Key facts
- Fisherman
- Jesser Cervantes
- Location
- Near the Philippines
- Setting
- Wooden dinghy
- Incident time
- Last month
- Escape method
- Striking with a cut bamboo stem
- Outcome
- Octopus released back into the water
- Source
- New York Post
- Fisherman's quote
- The octopus I caught was very hard to handle. It almost ripped my face.
Quotes
Jesser Cervantes
Filipino fisherman involved in the incident
“"The octopus I caught was very hard to handle. It almost ripped my face."”
NDTV
Sources
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