One sea dweller got its revenge on a Chinese blogger this week, after the streaming host attempted to eat the creature while it was still alive.
The blogger, knows as ‘seaside girl Little Seven’ on video platform Kuaishou, was injured by the octopus, after it made a fight for survival in the 50-second clip, which has since gone viral.
The multi-legged mollusc clung on to the prospective diner's face, leaving her a little bloodied after she finally freed herself of its tentacles.
Octopuses are known to be highly intelligent, and often use their incredibly strong suckers to both catch prey, and defend themselves against predators.
The blogger was left screaming and in pain during the tussle, telling viewers "my face is disfigured", according to The Independent.
The video was first shared on Chinese social media platforms such as Weibo, and has garnered millions of views in a number of days.
The girl reportedly vowed to “eat [the octopus] in the next video” before ending the live stream, with many online commentators expressing their anger at her actions.
"She deserves it. She tried to eat the octopus and the octopus tried to eat her too," one Twitter user wrote in response to the clip.
“If I was an octopus trying to be eaten alive I would have done the same. Serves her right,” another added.
Other videos from the blogger uploaded to Kuaishou show her eating seafood, albeit cooked. The practice of eating seafood takes many forms in China and other parts of Asia, such as Taiwan's yin-yang fish, which requires a fish to be deep-fried alive, and Japan's odori epi, prawns doused in sake and eaten alive.
