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Man Who Killed Octopus For 'Art Project' Angers Divers

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A different kind of storm hit the Pacific Northwest this past week when a local diver was seen hauling a giant Pacific octopus from a popular diving area in Puget Sound in Seattle. The diver, 20-year-old Dylan Mayer, had a one-day hunting license and legally did nothing wrong. However, divers from around the world are infuriated by Mayer's actions. Part of the problem is that this particular area in Seattle, Cove 2, is regarded as a pristine park. Divers go there in hopes of observing the giant Pacific octopus, which is considered very intelligent, agile and has the ability to change colors to match its surroundings. It is not a creature that is usually hunted. "It's just not done. It's bad form. Even if you can do it, you shouldn't," Bob Bailey, who witnessed Mayer bringing the octopus ashore, said to the UK's Daily Mail.

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Seattle Pacific Northwest Vancouver The Seattle Times Pacific Ocean Scuba diving Portland, Oregon Broadsheet

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Dylan Mayer

Overall Sentiment: -0.133233

Relevance: 0.840158

Sentiment	Quote
0	he hunted the cephalopod in the first place, Mayer said he wanted to capture it, "to draw it for this art project, and eat it for meat."
Sentiment Stats:	Number of Quotes: 1 Aggregate Sentiment: 0 Mean: 0 Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

Bob Bailey

Overall Sentiment: -0.0398038

Relevance: 0.116638

Rick Stratton

Overall Sentiment: 0.0384038

Relevance: 0.115675

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Man Who Killed Octopus For 'Art Project' Angers Divers

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Full Content: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/11/04/164287403/man-who-killed-octopus-for-art-project-angers-divers?ft=1&f=1055

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