Boy injured when octopus grabbed his arm at Texas aquarium, his mom says

A six-year-old boy was hurt when an octopus grabbed on to his arm and wouldn't let go after the boy reached into a touch tank at the San Antonio Aquarium, his mother said.

A six-year-old boy was hurt when an octopus grabbed on to his arm and wouldn't let go after the boy reached into a touch tank at the San Antonio Aquarium, his mother said.

Britney Taryn, the boy's mom, has gone viral on TikTok after posting about her son's encounter with a giant Pacific octopus on a July 14 visit. The sea creature attached itself to her son Leo’s arm, she said, noting that they go often and have touched the animal plenty of times before.

In some videos, the boy's arm can be seen covered in small dark spots — purple suction bruises from his wrist to his armpit.

Britney Taryn's son reveals the marks on his arm after the encounter with the octopus at the San Antonio Aquarium.BritneyTaryn via TikTok"He started saying, 'Mom, it's not letting me go,'" Taryn said in one TikTok video.

It took three adults to get the octopus off the small boy's arm, she said.