Charming thread about a naturalist befriending a giant octopus at the Vancouver Aquarium

Thread starts here.

This whole time the octupus was *emoting*. Cycling through colours, his skin changing texture from moment to moment. And those eyes!

I'll never forget the feeling as he reached one of his tentacles out, up along my arm to the bare skin on my neck.

— Jer Thorp (@blprnt) January 3, 2023