These pictures show two octopuses washed up on a beach in the wake of recent storms.<br /><br />Local wildlife guide Joshua Pedley and Francesca Fitzpatrick discovered the marine mollusks on a Welsh beach after Storm Franklin.<br /><br />Whilst one of the octopuses was able to make it back to the sea safely, the other was needed assistance.<br /><br />The pair spotted it coming under attack from a huge herring gull, and intervened to save its life.<br /><br />The rescue took place at New Quay Beach in Ceredigion, on Monday.<br /><br />Josh said he and Fran acted in “exceptional circumstances”, and stressed the importance of “interacting with the natural world in a respectful and responsible manner”.<br /><br />He said: “Fran carefully picked it up to move it. It is worth promoting a look and don’t touch message though. We acted in an exceptional circumstance.<br /><br />“However, had it been summer, it probably would have been put in a kid's bucket and prodded and poked to no end. So we would quite like to promote a message of enjoying wildlife responsibly.<br /><br />“To our knowledge they made it back to safety, we waited until the tide came back in and they had been safe up until that point.<br /><br />"They likely won’t have gone too far out to sea as you would expect to find them in the bay. I have seen a seal eating one from the harbour wall before.”<br /><br />Josh, who is a local wildlife guide for SeaMôr Dolphin Watching Boat Trips, said a family was already on the scene when they arrived, but Josh and Fran watched over the pair until dusk, when the tide returned.<br /><br />He added: "They are a species called Curled Octopus.<br /><br />“I don’t know too much about them actually. It was a first for me to see one alive. They are definitely out there, it’s just unusual to see them walking on the beach."
