Narcissistic Octopus

Looks like Internet Disease has spread from humans to the animal kingdom, at least going by this article from Stuff.co.nz:

Putting his camera up close to get some footage as the octopus clung to a rock behind a clump of kelp, it suddenly thrust out a tentacle, grasping the camera.

"Out of nowhere it just completely shot straight for me," he said.

In an initial panic, Mr Huang said he "freaked out" for a bit to free his arm before realising the octopus only clung to the camera.

Eventually managing to free its shiny new $700 toy, the octopus swam off with Mr Huang giving chase, while the camera, being used for the first time, continued to record.

And yes, the footage is out there. But when American biologist, PZ Meyers, tried to embed it in a blog post, he stumbled onto the naughty cephalopod's hidden agenda: "That's when I realized the octopus's real intent: he wanted to make videos that were shareable and publicly accessible."