A Scottish university lecturer spent four hours rescuing an octopus that she found washed up on rocks at a harbour after the tide went out.
Zara Brodie spotted the stranded sea creature while out walking her dog Gunner in Bo’ness, Falkirk on Tuesday.
The 34-year-old’s border collie decided to go for a swim at the harbour when she spotted the large red octopus in the distance.
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Realising that the cephalopod was still alive, she took out her phone and found out that they can only survive for around 30 minutes without being in the water.
Zara initially started running back and forth to splash the octopus with water but then decided to rush to a nearby Tesco to buy a bucket.
