{"id":84245,"date":"2025-12-11T07:42:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T07:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/84245\/"},"modified":"2025-12-11T07:42:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T07:42:18","slug":"rare-sighting-of-octopus-caught-on-camera-in-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/84245\/","title":{"rendered":"Rare sighting of octopus caught on camera in Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Beachcomber <\/p>\n

PADRE ISLAND, Texas – An avid beachcomber in Texas<\/a> had an encounter earlier this week with a common octopus \u2014 a sight that she says isn’t quite so common at Padre Island National Seashore.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The hobbyist, who goes by the Facebook handle of Padre Island Madre, posted photos and videos of Ollie the Octopus starting on Sunday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Octopus sighting at Padre Island <\/p>\n

What we know:<\/p>\n

Padre Island Madre said her Sunday beach day began by stumbling across Ollie, who was the first-ever octopus she’s seen at PINS.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The blogger asked her followers if they’d ever seen an octopus in the area, and out of the hundreds of comments, only a few longtime beachgoers reported isolated sightings of the elusive cephalopods.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Ollie the Octopus | Credit: Padre Island Madre on Facebook <\/p>\n

In another post, Padre Island Madre shared a picture of Ollie with a seashell, as seen above. She said she’d found the empty lightning whelk shell just before sighting the octopus, who seemed to accept it as a peace offering and examined it momentarily before moving along.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Check out more pictures of Ollie below.<\/p>\n

Ollie the Octopus | Credit: Padre Island Madre on Facebook <\/p>\n

The Source: Information in this article came from Padre Island Madre on Facebook.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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