Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cameron Clifford had finally given in to his son’s pleas and bought him a pet octopus. After several weeks, he was getting the ...

It's every parent's worst nightmare — you go the extra-mile and get your kid their dream pet and then things go absolutely haywire. That's what exactly what happened to one family in Edmond, Oklahoma, ...

It's not all that unusual to see octopus on a restaurant menu. But an octopus as a family pet? Cameron Clifford of Edmond, Okla. says his 9-year-old son Cal is a huge fan of the eight-legged creatures ...

EDMOND, Okla. (CNN) - An Oklahoma boy had dreamed of owning an octopus since he was 2, but when his dream became reality, he suddenly ended up with 50 of them when his pet gave birth. Cal Clifford, 9, ...

An Oklahoma family has come to grips with its new reality after acquiring an octopus to raise as a pet, only for her to stunningly produce a small army of hatchlings. “In case it wasn’t already ...

It all started because his 9-year-old son wanted a pet. Not just any pet. An octopus. Specifically, a California two-spot octopus, also known as a bimac. So, Cameron Clifford, a 36-year-old dentist in ...

Cameron Clifford had finally given in to his son’s pleas and bought him a pet octopus. After several weeks, he was getting the hang of caring for their new tentacled pet – then he discovered what ...