The imprint on my neck in those photos is more from the physical hit, and I guess it makes complete sense when you look at the video I took 20 minutes earlier of that lashing out," he said.īryan Fry, an associate professor at the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Queensland, identified the octopus as a common Octopus vulgaris. "The pain went away and more than anything since then, it's been more the physical hit that was painful.
But they definitely change colors while they sleep All his family could grab was Coca-Cola, which his wife poured over his back in the shower and the pain dissipated.ĭo octopuses dream? Maybe. Within a minute, a perfect imprint of an octopus tentacle appeared on Karlson's neck and back.Ī former volunteer lifeguard, Karlson rushed back to his hotel room to find something acidic to put on the wound. Octopuses are known to squirt an ink-like substance when they feel threatened. "I was confused - it was more of a shock than a fright," said Karlson. His goggles fogged and the water around him turned murky with what he thought might have been octopus ink as he struggled back toward the shore. He presumed the assailant was the same octopus as earlier and that he had inadvertently stumbled upon its home.
While swimming nearby soon after, Karlsonwas examining a pile of crab shells when he felt a whipping sensation across his left arm, followed by a second strike across his neck and upper back. The incredible tale of a man who formed an unlikely bond with an octopus "I took that footage, it lashed out at me and I was quite surprised and then it swam off into deeper water," Karlson told CNN Friday. Karlson posted his video on Instagram, where it has been viewed 60,000 times. Realizing the creature was, in fact, an octopus, he started filming it - just in time for the angry invertebrate to launch itself at him. On March 18, 34-year-old Lance Karlson was walking on the beach andlooking for somewhere to swim with his two-year-old daughter in Geographe Bay, a popular snorkeling spot about 140 miles south of Perth, when he saw what he thought was a stingray leap from the water. Geologist and author Lance Karlson was attacked by an octopus in Geographe Bay in Western Australia on March 18. (CNN) - Considered by biologists to be some of the most intelligent invertebrates, octopuses are normally playful and inquisitive.īut an Australian geologist saw another side to the marine creatures, when one octopus defended its home in Western Australia rather aggressively. Man comes face-to-face with angry octopus in rare attack Definately on for the TBR.(-sorry, photos didn't come thru- use the link: ) Will make you think twice of people you think you know well. From the 80s Panama brutal regime to the present day of a lingering past that will not fade away. Intrigue, political drama and even throw in a James Bond style of chasing the bad guy, this book had me glued from the first chapter. KERRYS REVIEW - If you are a fan of Tom Clancy then this story from local author Lance Karlson will be right up your alley. As legend has it these tapes were destroyed in the bombing of Noriega’s headquarters.
LANCE KARLSON SERIES
A series of secret tape recordings of his dealings with American officials and the CIA became a thorn in the side of the US until 1989, when the government’s patience finally ended. Unlike his fellow tyrants, the power of Panama’s most notorious criminal came not from brutality, but blackmail. Names like Castro, Hussein and Gaddafi have all haunted the Western world, but none has invoked as much fear in the White House as Manuel Noriega. The mysteries of two generations blend into a thrilling chase across the Caribbean, where outrageous yet real events lead to a shocking truth that threatens to bring down the highest ranks of the White House. His quest is rekindled a generation later, when an English dancer learns of her mother’s previous life in Panama. When an outspoken critic of the Noriega regime is murdered in 1985, the investigations of a fledgling Canadian journalist lead him into the underworld of the CIA. Crime and Thrillers | West Australian authorsīased on true events, The Noriega Tapes is the ‘ Narcos of Panama’ – a thrilling combination of espionage, conspiracy and corruption where facts blend seamlessly with fiction.
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