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"This tank is never staffed, and the public is often left to interact with the animals unsupervised," Britney Taryn says.
Britney Taryn said her 6-year-old son has visited the Giant Pacific Octopus many times. Previously, the animal let her son go ...
A six-year-old boy was attacked by an octopus at the San Antonio Aquarium, leaving the boy with “hickeys” covering his arm after the child reached into a touch tank. How did the ...
The San Antonio Aquarium is defending its giant Pacific octopus after an incident left a 6-year-old boy, Leo, with bruises ...
The San Antonio Aquarium is facing backlash after a venomous octopus in a touch tank injured a 6-year-old boy. Here's what ...
The San Antonio Aquarium has been accused of lying about the incident of an octopus clinging onto a child's arm and refusing ...
A mother says a recent visit to the San Antonio Aquarium ended with an octopus latching onto her son’s arm at an exhibit.
Britney Taryn, the mother of a 6-year-old who was grabbed by a giant Pacific octopus at the San Antonio Aquarium in a now viral TikTok, is responding to the statement sent out by the aquarium.
Mother Britney Taryn said an octopus at an aquarium suctioned onto her son, refusing to release, leaving many scars on the child's arm.
The mom found the aquarium's response dismissive after the staff referred to the purple marks on her son's arm as "hickeys." ...
At an interactive exhibit where they were encouraged to touch the octopus, it wrapped its tentacles around Leo’s arm and ...
A mother is calling for change at the San Antonio Aquarium after an octopus latched onto her son's arm during an interactive ...