ABC News on Friday shared footage showing a Filipino fisherman struggling to remove a large octopus from his face.
The octopus is so persistent, and relentlessly sticky, that the fisherman tries using a club to bat the octopus without striking his own head.
The footage, posted below, goes to show that when you haul up a highly intelligent mollusk with eight powerful arms lined with suckers, you should handle your catch with extraordinary care.
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The footage was captured last month at Puerto Princesa in the Philippines. The footage is credited to Viral Press/Kuys_Jess.
This article originally appeared on For The Win: Fisherman finds himself in sticky situation as octopus fights back
