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My Octopus Teacher

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Duration
4 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:52:12
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.
She's quite a messy eater. - My Octopus Teacher 00:15
She's quite a messy eater.
Just a mass of them sort of overwhelm her, - My Octopus Teacher 00:17
Just a mass of them sort of overwhelm her,
Not that long in the future, - My Octopus Teacher 00:14
Not that long in the future,
She initially adopted the same method to crab hunting with lobster. - My Octopus Teacher 00:06
She initially adopted the same method to crab hunting with l...
I'm thinking now, "She's definitely gonna catch this one." - My Octopus Teacher 00:04
I'm thinking now, "She's definitely gonna cat...
And then, a couple of weeks later, - My Octopus Teacher 00:14
And then, a couple of weeks later,
Using me as part of her hunting strategy. - My Octopus Teacher 00:04
Using me as part of her hunting strategy.
This is an animal that is strategizing - My Octopus Teacher 00:10
This is an animal that is strategizing
A lot of her intelligence is built - My Octopus Teacher 00:07
A lot of her intelligence is built
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...