One tourist allows his hand to be suckered by one of the animal's long legs

Being suckered by an octopus is most people's nightmare.

But this man seemed to enjoy the attention as the eight-legged creature hung on for dear life - desperate to avoid its fate in the frying pan.

The video shows the intrepid fisherman leaving the water with the speared octopus tightly wrapped around his arm and shoulder.

The octopus hung on to the man for dear life - desperate to avoid its fate in the frying pan

He then slowly proceeds to remove the animal as another person, who films the incident, rushes over from further down the Spanish beach.

A female holidaymaker exicitedly takes photos of the man and his haul, while another man helps to prise the creature off the man's arm.

The onlookers and the man then get into a conversation about the octopus and if it is dangerous.

But he assures the tourists that the creature is perfectly harmless and says 'It's not dangerous'.

Another man then allows his hand to be suckered by one of the animal's legs.

The fate of the octopus is sealed though when the man lists the ingredients needed to cook the animal as merely 'salt and oil'.

The intrepid fisherman left the water with the speared octopus tightly wrapped around his arm and shoulder