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South Carolina

Jilly_in_VA

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2. We were in Garden City Beach, SC one September

Reply to Sherman A1 (Original post)

Sun Feb 6, 2022, 02:02 PM

Feb 2022

walking on the pier one night just chatting with the fishermen. One of them had caught (oh dear!) a baby octopus and was trying to gently disentangle it from his line. He'd get one or two arms free but the little guy would cling on with the others all the harder. Finally he just cut the line, saying, "They're smart. He'll figure out how to get loose. I just hope he's not hurt too much." And he dropped the little creature back in the water. He said that wasn't the first time he'd caught one but the fist time he'd caught one that close to shore.

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Mother, daughter walking along South Carolina beach get rare sight of octopus [View all] Sherman A1 Feb 2022 OP

beautiful, highly intelligent animals.... bahboo Feb 2022 #1

We were in Garden City Beach, SC one September Jilly_in_VA Feb 2022 #2

How lucky, to see that awesome critter. Wingus Dingus Feb 2022 #3