China: Octopus Clings to Phone After Being Caught by Fisher in Fuzhou

In Fuzhou, Fujian, a video captured a man fishing when he unexpectedly caught an octopus with a phone stuck to one of its tentacles on September 28. The octopus refused to let go, wrapping its arms tightly around the device as if claiming it as its own.

FISHING PORT NUUK GREENLAND

FISHING PORT NUUK GREENLAND

Seal hunters, fishermen, struggle to get out after their fishing boats got stuck in the ice in the fishing port of Nuuk in late March 2025. Photo: Johan Nilsson / TT / Code 50090

FISHING PORT NUUK GREENLAND

FISHING PORT NUUK GREENLAND

Seal hunters, fishermen, struggle to get out after their fishing boats got stuck in the ice in the fishing port of Nuuk in late March 2025. Photo: Johan Nilsson / TT / Code 50090

FISHING PORT NUUK GREENLAND

FISHING PORT NUUK GREENLAND

Seal hunters, fishermen, struggle to get out after their fishing boats got stuck in the ice in the fishing port of Nuuk in late March 2025. Photo: Johan Nilsson / TT / Code 50090

FISHING PORT NUUK GREENLAND

FISHING PORT NUUK GREENLAND

Seal hunters, fishermen, struggle to get out after their fishing boats got stuck in the ice in the fishing port of Nuuk in late March 2025. Photo: Johan Nilsson / TT / Code 50090

Fishing hook stuck in Tama-chan's face gone

Fishing hook stuck in Tama-chan's face gone

ASAKA, Japan - A seal believed to be the popular ''Tama-chan'' appeared again May 11 in the Ara River in Asaka, Saitama Prefecture, but without the fishing hook that had been embedded in the right eye for about a week.

NAMIBIA-MARINE ANIMALS-PROTECTION

NAMIBIA-MARINE ANIMALS-PROTECTION

(221030) -- SWAKOPMUND, Oct. 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A Cape Fur Seal entangled in fishing line rests on the shore in Walvis Bay, Namibia, on Dec. 4, 2020. TO GO WITH "Oceans Conservation Namibia boosts awareness on marine animals protection" (Ocean Conservation Namibia/Handout via Xinhua)

NAMIBIA-WINDHOEK-SEALS-RESCUE

NAMIBIA-WINDHOEK-SEALS-RESCUE

(220716) -- WINDHOEK, July 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A seal entangled in a discarded fishing net is removed by founder of Ocean Conservation Namibia (OCN) Naude Dreyer at Walvis Bay, Namibia, on June 26, 2022. Ocean Conservation Namibia (OCN) said it rescued 272 seals in the first six months this year along the country's coastline. (OCN/Handout via Xinhua)

Fishing hook stuck in Tama-chan's face gone

Fishing hook stuck in Tama-chan's face gone

ASAKA, Japan - A seal believed to be the popular ''Tama-chan'' appeared again May 11 in the Ara River in Asaka, Saitama Prefecture, but without the fishing hook that had been embedded in the right eye for about a week. (Kyodo)