Aboard the Tully in May 2011, the VENUS team recovered an autonomous mooring deployed at the Central Strait of Georgia site in April 2010. During recovery, the team discovered that a giant pacific octopus had taken up residence in the mooring and, along with ROPOS and the mooring, made the trip to the surface. Shown in the image is the octopus attempting to free itself from the wire and mooring – eventually the mooring was lowered into the surface water to allow the octopus an easier escape to return to depth to search for new accommodation.