SAN ANTONIO (KABB/WOAI) - A mother is calling for change after an octopus at a Texas aquarium latched onto her son’s arm, leaving bruises, during an interactive exhibit.

Britney Taryn took her 6-year-old son Leo and his brother to the San Antonio Aquarium on July 14, where she says they were encouraged to touch an octopus. The boys had done so on previous visits to the aquarium, but their mother says this time was different.

“Leo put his arm in the tank, and the octopus wrapped his tentacles around him and wouldn’t let go. So, I tried to get Leo down and out of there, but the octopus came over the tank with us,” Taryn said.

She says she screamed for help, but no employees were nearby.

By the time an employee came around, Taryn says the octopus was half out of the tank. She claims it to

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