--- title: Octopus Jumps Out of Water, Eats Crab in Australia: Video description: Nature has never been more real canonical: https://time.com/3720433/octopus-eats-crab/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-02-24T16:17:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:17:09.656Z og:title: Watch an Octopus Jump Out of Water to Devour a Crab on Land og:description: Nature has never been more real og:url: https://time.com/3720433/octopus-eats-crab/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch an Octopus Jump Out of Water to Devour a Crab on Land twitter:description: Nature has never been more real twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # This Video of an Octopus Leaping Out of Water to Devour a Crab Proves None of Us Are Ever Safe by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Feb 24, 2015 4:17 PM UTC by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Feb 24, 2015 4:17 PM UTC A woman in Australia was filming an innocent crab just hanging out near some water in Yallingup, West Australia, when things took [a very disturbing turn](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5fZu-1bt6Y). Out of nowhere, an octopus leapt from beneath the water’s surface and pounced on the crab. Then it slithered across the rocks as it secured the crab in its clutches. After a bit of wrestling, the octopus manages to drag the crab back beneath the surface of the water, where it presumably had a nice little snack. Keep this in mind next time you’re beside some water, thinking you’re safe from the evil, evil creatures lurking therein. You’re not safe. I’m not safe. No one is safe. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3720433/octopus-eats-crab/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3720433/octopus-eats-crab/"},"headline":"This Video of an Octopus Leaping Out of Water to Devour a Crab Proves None of Us Are Ever Safe","datePublished":"2015-02-24T16:17:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:17:09.656Z","description":"Nature has never been more real","url":"https://time.com/3720433/octopus-eats-crab/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3720433/octopus-eats-crab/","name":"This Video of an Octopus Leaping Out of Water to Devour a Crab Proves None of Us Are Ever Safe"}}]}] ```