He's out right now!

The Hatfield Marine Science Center Visitor Center has an Octo-Cam trained on a giant Pacific octopus — I just checked and the beast is cruising about.

Although…they also have a warning on the site that heavy visitor loads put a strain on the server. I may have just broken it.

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