A 6-year-old boy was left with welts along his arm after an octopus glommed onto him, his mother, Britney Taryn, recounted when speaking about the harrowing experience at a Texas aquarium in a social media video that has drawn millions of views on TikTok.

A 6-year-old was hurt when an octopus latched on to his arm after the boy reached into a touch tank at the San Antonio Aquarium, his mother said.