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My Octopus Teacher

A lot of her intelligence is built from the sheer number of preythat she has to catch

A lot of her intelligence is built from the sheer number of prey
that she has to catch

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A lot of her intelligence is built
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from the sheer number of prey that she has to catch.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
31
Timestamp in Movie
00:55:37
Uploaded
May 27, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
The Sea Change Project,Off the Fence

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Movie Summary

A filmmaker forges an unusual friendship with an octopus living in a South African kelp forest, learning as the animal shares the mysteries of her world.
All the mollusks she is capturing, they're quite easy to catch, - My Octopus Teacher 00:08
All the mollusks she is capturing, they're quite easy t...
Now, how the hell does she kill and eat them? - My Octopus Teacher 00:06
Now, how the hell does she kill and eat them?
At the base of all those arms, - My Octopus Teacher 00:15
At the base of all those arms,
But some of these mollusks will only relax - My Octopus Teacher 00:10
But some of these mollusks will only relax
She basically has to do geometry - My Octopus Teacher 00:10
She basically has to do geometry
This is high-level invertebrate intelligence. - My Octopus Teacher 00:04
This is high-level invertebrate intelligence.
Her ability to learn and remember details. - My Octopus Teacher 00:06
Her ability to learn and remember details.
And it hit me how she was teaching me so much. - My Octopus Teacher 00:05
And it hit me how she was teaching me so much.
You just can't wait to get up in the morning, 'cause there's so much to do - My Octopus Teacher 00:15
You just can't wait to get up in the morning, 'cau...
People ask, "Why are you going to the same place every day?" - My Octopus Teacher 00:08
People ask, "Why are you going to the same place every ...
So when these thousands of threads going off from the octopus - My Octopus Teacher 00:12
So when these thousands of threads going off from the octopu...
And now I know how the helmet shell is connected to the urchin - My Octopus Teacher 00:07
And now I know how the helmet shell is connected to the urch...
And as I draw all these lines, - My Octopus Teacher 00:06
And as I draw all these lines,
I really could feel it. That big creature. - My Octopus Teacher 00:05
I really could feel it. That big creature.
It was thousands of times more awake and intelligent than I am. - My Octopus Teacher 00:05
It was thousands of times more awake and intelligent than I ...
This is like a giant underwater brain operating over millions of years. - My Octopus Teacher 00:06
This is like a giant underwater brain operating over million...
Burnt in my memory, this, like, huge shark just suddenly approaching her. - My Octopus Teacher 00:05
Burnt in my memory, this, like, huge shark just suddenly app...
Then you just saw the shark swimming on the periphery, picking up her scent. - My Octopus Teacher 00:05
Then you just saw the shark swimming on the periphery, picki...
Nightmare happening again." - My Octopus Teacher 00:05
Nightmare happening again."
She jets up in the canopy, - My Octopus Teacher 00:11
She jets up in the canopy,