page_title: Cephalopod attack
section_title: Giant Pacific octopus
hierarchical_section_title: Cephalopod attack / Attacks on humans / Giant Pacific octopus
caption_attribution_description: A Pacific Giant Octopus (Enteroctopus dolfeini) was observed off Point Piños, California, in August 2004 at a depth of 65 meters during sanctuary sea floor monitoring surveys using the Delta submersible.
context_page_description: A famous chapter in French writer Jules Verne's literary work "Captain Nemo" is the fight against giant octopuses. Although this is a fiction, there have been countless real reports of attacks by cephalopods since ancient times. A significant portion of these are unverifiable tabloid stories, or at least questionable. Since some of the species in the stories are not always identifiable, the article deals generally with cephalopods. Cephalopods are members of the class Cephalopoda, which include all squid, octopuses, cuttlefish, and nautiluses. Some members of the group are capable of causing injury or even death to humans.
context_section_description: In another part of "River Monsters", in "Terror in Paradise" Jeremy Wade reports that a fisherman has been attacked by a giant octopus on the North American coast of the Pacific Ocean.
caption: Giant Pacific octopus
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