Video: Common Octopus rarely seen in Cornish waters spotted along the coastline

Video: Britain’s OCTOPUS boom! Cornish divers and fishermen report a ’plague’ for the first time in 70 YEARS - with one catching 150 in a single day Common Octopus rarely seen in Cornish waters spotted around Lizard peninsula. Huge numbers of octopus have been seen along Cornwall’s coastline this month, in what experts are describing as a ’bumper year’ for the ’I got really excited when I started receiving messages from our Seasearch divers – not only because sightings of these striking animals are few and far between but because they’d seen several of them on one dive,’ said Matt Slater, marine conservation officer at Cornwall Wildlife Trust. ’They are such amazing, alien creatures – one of the most intelligent animals in our oceans – and to witness a population explosion in our local waters would be incredible.’ The Common Octopus is known for its large eyes, soft bag-like body and tentacles which can span up to one metre (over 3 feet).