Aquarium Octopus

Growing up, every child should have a puppy or some other small furry companion. Apparently, my kids are all allergic to dogs, cats, hamsters, goats, and even chickens. The boy still wanted a pet, so we went looking for fish. Gold, beta, barracudas, or something of the sort. He passed all of up when he saw the tentacles of a cephalopodic mollusk. He instantly fell in love. My only problem now is he wants to hug it! He keeps saying, there's so many arms, it was made to hug!