A mother and daughter walking along the water’s edge in North Myrtle Beach came across a rare sight, WCIV reported.
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A video posted by the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources showed the octopus swim away shortly after the clip starts.
“A brightly colored common Atlantic octopus was resting in the shallow water, and she captured on video the moment it swam away with a graceful flourish. Native to our waters but rarely seen inshore, the octopus may have been warming itself in the sunny pool,” the post read.