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My Octopus Teacher

I just keep going every dayand just check. She's oxygenating the eggswith her siphon,...

I just keep going every day
and just check. She's oxygenating the eggs
with her siphon, looking after them. She's just slowly dying and timing her death exactly
for the hatching of those eggs

Full Transcript

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I just keep going every day and just check.
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She's oxygenating the eggs with her siphon, looking after them.
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She's just slowly dying
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and timing her death exactly for the hatching of those eggs.
Duration
17 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
01:13:05
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.
I mean, it struck home so hard for me. - My Octopus Teacher 00:14
I mean, it struck home so hard for me.
All those eggs hatched. - My Octopus Teacher 00:10
All those eggs hatched.
And the next thing I saw, she's washed out the den, barely alive. - My Octopus Teacher 00:06
And the next thing I saw, she's washed out the den, bar...
[gentle, moving music playing] - My Octopus Teacher 00:08
[gentle, moving music playing]
A part of me just wanted to hold her and chase them away. - My Octopus Teacher 00:07
A part of me just wanted to hold her and chase them away.
The next day... - My Octopus Teacher 00:05
The next day...
And just took her away, you know, into the misty forest. - My Octopus Teacher 00:06
And just took her away, you know, into the misty forest.
Often, I go to the place of her main den. - My Octopus Teacher 00:05
Often, I go to the place of her main den.
[sighs] - My Octopus Teacher 00:07
[sighs]
It was a relief, because the intensity of going every day and tracking her, um... - My Octopus Teacher 00:07
It was a relief, because the intensity of going every day an...
And... and it was all so taxing, in a way. - My Octopus Teacher 00:04
And... and it was all so taxing, in a way.
[delicate, reflective music plays] - My Octopus Teacher 00:05
[delicate, reflective music plays]
But underneath that, - My Octopus Teacher 00:10
But underneath that,
[ethereal vocal music playing] - My Octopus Teacher 00:21
[ethereal vocal music playing]
I was getting so much from the wild, and I could actually now give. - My Octopus Teacher 00:10
I was getting so much from the wild, and I could actually no...
He's like a little marine biologist now. He knows so much. - My Octopus Teacher 00:05
He's like a little marine biologist now. He knows so mu...
And as he gets older, he seems to want to do it more and more. - My Octopus Teacher 00:05
And as he gets older, he seems to want to do it more and mor...
To see that develop, - My Octopus Teacher 00:08
To see that develop,
an incredible confidence, - My Octopus Teacher 00:14
an incredible confidence,
A few months later, after she'd died, - My Octopus Teacher 00:08
A few months later, after she'd died,