The San Antonio Aquarium is facing backlash after a venomous octopus in a touch tank injured a 6-year-old boy. Here's what the boy's mom has to say.

SAN ANTONIO – A woman is calling for changes at the San Antonio Aquarium after she says an octopus attacked her son. In videos posted to TikTok that have gone viral, Britney Taryn describes the giant Pacific octopus attacking her 6-year-old son, Leo. Two of the videos surpassed 1 million views as of Wednesday.

The mother says the octopus named Cthulhu latched onto her 6-year-old son's arm, leaving a string of suction-cup bruises.