The helping octopus. An octopus was first spotted off the coast of Portugal, hovering near a diver as he worked on underwater repairs. At first, the diver thought nothing of it, until the octopus started helping. Whenever he reached for a wrench, a bolt, or even dropped a tool, a tentacle would appear, handing it back to him like a silent assistant from the deep. No one believed his stories when he surfaced, so he set up cameras and recorded everything. The footage, an octopus calmly passing tools to a human, has since gone viral. When asked about it, the diver just smiled and said: “I’m just happy I had help down there.”