A woman witnessed the brutal side of nature in the waters south of Nanaimo last week.
Lindsay Bryant was getting ready to go for a swim in the ocean off the Cedar shoreline south of Nanaimo on Thursday, Nov. 16, at about 12:30 p.m., when she saw a sea lion behaving unusually in Stuart Channel about 100 metres offshore.
91裸聊视频淚 was getting ready to go for a swim, which I do several times a week there, and it91裸聊视频檚 not uncommon to see a sea lion eating fish 91裸聊视频� throwing them around a little bit,91裸聊视频� Bryant said.
At first the sea lion91裸聊视频檚 behaviour caused her to suspect the animal might be in distress, possibly even caught in a net, or was ill, but it was only after Bryant picked up her cell phone and video recorded the activity that she realized what she had seen.
91裸聊视频淚t went on for about five minutes, or so, and I couldn91裸聊视频檛 quite tell from where I was, exactly what it was until I go home and sat down and looked at my video and zoomed in,91裸聊视频� she said. 91裸聊视频淚 was a little surprised to see that it was an octopus.91裸聊视频�
Bryant said in the first few moments in the video it appears the octopus is putting up a fight and trying to grab onto the sea lion91裸聊视频檚 head.
91裸聊视频淚t looked like the octopus kind of had a hold on it. It was putting up a fight, for sure,91裸聊视频� she said. 91裸聊视频淲ith all those legs I can91裸聊视频檛 imagine it would be an easy catch.91裸聊视频�
In the video the sea lion can be seen thrashing with the octopus in its mouth and then tossing the animal before going after it and repeating the action. After a few moments the activity quieted down and the sea lion submerged.
91裸聊视频淭he sea lion sort of went under the water for a minute, things quieted down and then, maybe 10 or 15 second later, I saw it surface up the channel a little bit more so I91裸聊视频檓 assuming he had his lunch,91裸聊视频� Bryant said.
She enjoys swimming in cold winter water of the channel, which she said has health benefits, and she participates in polar bear swims as well.
91裸聊视频淚t started as a New Year91裸聊视频檚 Day tradition with my sister and then we just started going more and more,91裸聊视频� she said.
Bryant said she wished she had a better camera to record the event. Based on the size of the sea lion, which she said is one of the larger ones she91裸聊视频檚 seen in the area, she estimated the octopus was fairly large too.
91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檇 never seen an octopus before 91裸聊视频� I had in an aquarium, but not in the wild91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频� she said. 91裸聊视频淚 usually paddleboard out there, so I91裸聊视频檓 slightly glad I wasn91裸聊视频檛 out in the water with them.91裸聊视频�
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