Bomb cyclone: Video shows octopus ‘hanging on for dear life’ underwater

Humans weren’t the only ones who struggled through the bomb cyclone that formed off the B.C. coast this week, bringing intense winds and choppy seas.

Underwater video captured by Ocean Networks Canada shows a giant Pacific octopus being thrashed around by high-velocity currents on Wednesday, the second day of the storm.

The creature’s tentacles and mantle are seen rocking back and forth, as the octopus appears to clutch onto the sea floor.

Kate Moran, president and CEO of Ocean Networks Canada, said her first reaction to viewing the video was: “Wow, that octopus is having a bad day.”

“I thought that he or she was hanging on for dear life,” Moran told CTV News. “That’s how I interpreted it.”

Some of her fellow researchers at ONC – which collects real-time data from Canada’s three coasts – speculated that the octopus might actually been enjoying the unusual conditions.

“That’s hard to judge, but you can take a look at it and see …