9-year-old boys parents adopt pet octopus who ended up laying dozens of eggs WFTV [Video]

EDMOND, Okla. — A family in Edmond, Oklahoma that was hoping to spark a child’s interest with a new pet got a little more than they bargained for.

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Cal Clifford, 9, has been obsessed with octopuses since he was about 2 years old, according to “Good Morning America.”

“He’s always been infatuated with marine biology, especially octopus. For most birthdays and holidays, he would ask for a pet octopus,” Cal Clifford’s dad Cameron Clifford told People. “We always laughed it off. We’d replace it with a stuffed octopus or a toy octopus, but as time went on, he persisted — over many years. We realized this wasn’t something he was just going to forget.”

Cameron Clifford promised his son that he could get an octopus, so the elder Clifford got a tank and got a mail-order California two-spot octopus that came in a plastic bag, according to “Good Morning America.” The octopus …