Rarely Seen Giant Pacific Octopus Filmed Swimming Through Oregon Tidepool

A rarely seen giant Pacific octopus has been filmed swimming through an Oregon tidepool.
Luke Smith, an employee at the Bureau of Land Management, captured footage of the huge animal swimming slowly in the Yaquina Head pools, to the north of Newport.
This species of octopus is only spotted in the local area a few times a year, the U.S. Department of the Interior said in a Facebook post. They are likely lurking in the waters more often than that, but the species is elusive.
In the video, the bright red octopus can be seen moving slowly through the waters. It uses its many legs to guide itself through the narrow waterway, briefly exposing its head from the water while doing so.
At the end of the video, the creature can be seen settling itself on a rock and changing its color to disguise itself.
Octopuses are known for being able to adapt to their surrounding environment. The species' normal color is red or reddish brown, as seen at the video's start. But they can change their colors and textures within seconds, to either yellow, brown, white, red or even a variety of speckled colors.
Rarely Seen Giant Pacific Octopus Filmed Swimming Through Oregon Tidepool