Giant Pacific Octopus Going in for a Vet Appointment Has People Absolutely Amazed
You must never have a dull day if you're a veterinarian. Some days you're working with puppies and kitties and the next — a Pacific Octopus. Really! Just like Dr. Alexa Delaune, who documented the totally incredible patient she had recently.
Most of us will never get up close and personal with an octopus. So we can only imagine it was a pretty cool day at work for the vet.
As the vet explained in her video, the Pacific Octopus came to visit her because his aquarists noticed he had a bump and he needed to get checked out.
"We anesthetized him with magnesium chloride, took a sample of the bump, and did an ultrasound before and then returned him home," the doctor explained in the caption.
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The video shows the octopus clinging to its "emotional support" watering can while they did their work. It was so cool! We have to imagine that everyone working that day was totally psyched. They even confirmed it was a boy based on his hectocotylus, or "arm tip with no suckers." Pretty neat!
People in the comments section who were in total awe. "Well, this is the coolest thing I’ve seen today," wrote one person. "Him helping with the ultrasound, so cute!" someone else exclaimed. "Bro said LET ME OUTTTTT OF MY COOLER," another commenter chimed in. "Emotional support watering can make sense, my doggo has emotional support shoes...mine," one person shared.
The Octopus Had an Infection
In a follow-up video, the vet shared the results of the labs she sent out. And unfortunately, the octopus was feeling under the weather for a real reason.
The vet shared footage of the octopus moving so majestically through the water as she shared the unfortunate news.
"[We] confirmed he has a Vibrio infection," she wrote in the video's caption. "We saw it on the microscope slide but confirmed it with Next-Generation Sequencing."
"Vibrio is a type of bacteria that is often found in sea water and can sometimes cause infections," she added.
The vet even shared a photo of the slide they looked at. You can see signs of the vibrio bacteria in the shot.
But you shouldn't worry. The vet is going to take very good care of him. "We are starting our octo friend on some antibiotics. Cross your tentacles that the treatment works!" she wrote.
We have all the confidence in the world that the octopus is going to get better. He's certainly in good hands.
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