A man was diving in the Mediterranean Sea off the coat of France when he spotted something peculiar on the seafloor.

What appeared to just be a small critter moving around turned out to be an octopus expertly camouflaged in the sand.

“I saw movement on the seafloor when I dove and I was surprised to see an octopus under the sand, but just his eyes appeared to me. He moved from the sand and moved up to the surface! What an exciting moment!”

Can you spot the octopus before it emerges?

Is anybody else a little bit freaked out by octopuses?

They’re incredibly smart, have eight tentacles, and can hide in plain sight whenever they need to. There’s something fishy about them…

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