Off the coast of Australia, a "hugging" octopus was filmed. The Macroctopus caught a shark, wrapped it with all its tentacles, and soon released it. Most likely, it was scraping off all the parasites from it.
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Original Title: Off the coast of Australia, a “hugging” octopus was filmed. The Macroctopus caught a shark, wrapped it with all its tentacles, and soon released it. Most likely, it was scraping off all the parasites from it.