Some men working at a fish farm off the coast of northern Vancouver Island witnessed something amazing a few days ago. A primal battle between predators.
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John Ilett and his co-workers were out on a boat finishing up work on Monday this week at Quatsino, BC :
They heard screeching and splashing nearby and looked around to find, to their amazement, a bald eagle and an octopus having an epic battle. The octopus had tentacles wrapped around the eagle’s body and was trying to drag it under the waves, but the eagle was valiantly trying to take off to the skies with the octopus in its talons. The eagle was failing...badly. It was in danger of drowning.
"They were grappling and struggling in the water," said Ilett on CBC's On The Island. "The thing dwarfed the eagle and completely wrapped it up."
The crew didn't know if they should intervene, but eventually decided to step in and save the bird.
So John and his co-workers quickly drove the boat over to the fight and helped the eagle get out from the stranglehold the octopus had on it and free it. The eagle swam to shore and took some 10 minutes to calm down and rest before eventually taking off. The octopus slid away into the depths without it’s prize.
Ilett did not see how the bird became trapped in the tentacles, but guesses the raptor tried to pluck the octopus from the ocean before realizing how big it was and becoming prey itself.
"I've been out here for many years and I've seen a lot of stuff, but this ranks up there with one of the coolest for sure," said Ilett.
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