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I thought about helping her back physically to the den
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My Octopus Teacher

I thought about helping her backphysically to the den

I thought about helping her back
physically to the den

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I thought about helping her back physically to the den.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:42:16
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.
What was gonna happen to her or if this would make her weak and vulnerable, - My Octopus Teacher 00:08
What was gonna happen to her or if this would make her weak ...
As if somehow what happened to her had happened to me in some strange way. - My Octopus Teacher 00:06
As if somehow what happened to her had happened to me in som...
And then this almost felt, psychologically, like I was... - My Octopus Teacher 00:06
And then this almost felt, psychologically, like I was...
You start thinking about your own death and your own vulnerability, - My Octopus Teacher 00:07
You start thinking about your own death and your own vulnera...
I hadn't been a person that was overly sentimental towards animals before. - My Octopus Teacher 00:06
I hadn't been a person that was overly sentimental towa...
She was teaching me to become sensitized to the other. - My Octopus Teacher 00:05
She was teaching me to become sensitized to the other.
A scary feeling, going into the water early the next day. - My Octopus Teacher 00:05
A scary feeling, going into the water early the next day.
I was very relieved that she was alive, breathing. - My Octopus Teacher 00:04
I was very relieved that she was alive, breathing.
She's so weak that she can't make those vibrant colors of a healthy octopus, - My Octopus Teacher 00:07
She's so weak that she can't make those vibrant co...
You are crossing a line - My Octopus Teacher 00:12
You are crossing a line
I don't think it really helped. - My Octopus Teacher 00:11
I don't think it really helped.
I was just checking every day to see if she was okay, - My Octopus Teacher 00:08
I was just checking every day to see if she was okay,
The big relief came a week or so later, - My Octopus Teacher 00:09
The big relief came a week or so later,
And then the most amazing thing, to see this... - My Octopus Teacher 00:05
And then the most amazing thing, to see this...
Tiny little miniature, perfect miniature arm... - My Octopus Teacher 00:05
Tiny little miniature, perfect miniature arm...
And it gave me a strange sort of confidence - My Octopus Teacher 00:20
And it gave me a strange sort of confidence
My relationship with people, with humans was changing. - My Octopus Teacher 00:05
My relationship with people, with humans was changing.
My son, at this stage, was very interested in everything underwater. - My Octopus Teacher 00:10
My son, at this stage, was very interested in everything und...
He'd seen her. He'd met her. - My Octopus Teacher 00:05
He'd seen her. He'd met her.
The arm becomes pretty functional, - My Octopus Teacher 00:05
The arm becomes pretty functional,