Don't be fooled by supposed drone image of giant octopus in Gulf of Mexico

An image shared online in December 2025 was an authentic drone picture of a gargantuan octopus spotted in the Gulf of Mexico.

Man Unknowingly Holds World's Deadliest Octopus While Taking Videos of His 'Apparent Brush with Death' on Vacation

A man captured himself unknowingly holding the world’s deadliest octopus, a blue-ringed octopus, in the Philippines in a ...

Rare, deep-sea encounter: California scientists observe ‘extraordinary’ seven-arm octopus

Almost a half-mile below Monterey Bay's surface, California scientists recorded rare footage of a seven-arm octopus eating a ...

Check out this octopus found by a North Padre Island photographer

A North Padre Island beachcomber stumbled across an octopus in the water on Dec. 7.
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Is the Giant Eclipse Octopus found in the Gulf of Mexico real or fake? Viral footage explored

The Giant Eclipse Octopus is going viral on Facebook. The page Science and Space Daily uploaded a picture of a Kraken-like creature and claimed it was supposedly found in the Gulf of Mexico. Marine ...