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My Octopus Teacher

If you really wanna get close to... an environment like this, it helps tremendously to...

If you really wanna get close to... an environment like this, it helps tremendously to have
no barrier to that environment

Full Transcript

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If you really wanna get close to...
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an environment like this,
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it helps tremendously to have no barrier to that environment.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
46
Timestamp in Movie
00:09:34
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.
And I suddenly realized I've got energy to take images and film again... - My Octopus Teacher 00:20
And I suddenly realized I've got energy to take images ...
It's, like, much more extreme than our maddest science fiction. - My Octopus Teacher 00:05
It's, like, much more extreme than our maddest science ...
I found this very, very special area - My Octopus Teacher 00:11
I found this very, very special area
And the whole forest around there - My Octopus Teacher 00:06
And the whole forest around there
And in this little 200-meter patch, you can dive - My Octopus Teacher 00:06
And in this little 200-meter patch, you can dive
And I remember there was this strange shape to my left - My Octopus Teacher 00:06
And I remember there was this strange shape to my left
And seeing this really strange thing. - My Octopus Teacher 00:04
And seeing this really strange thing.
[gentle orchestral music plays] - My Octopus Teacher 00:10
[gentle orchestral music plays]
I'd come in at the end of a whole drama. - My Octopus Teacher 00:04
I'd come in at the end of a whole drama.
You think, "What on earth is this animal doing?" - My Octopus Teacher 00:11
You think, "What on earth is this animal doing?"
Piece of algae that you can hardly hold with your hands - My Octopus Teacher 00:10
Piece of algae that you can hardly hold with your hands
It's a hard thing to explain, - My Octopus Teacher 00:11
It's a hard thing to explain,
And, initially, she was clearly being affected by my presence, - My Octopus Teacher 00:11
And, initially, she was clearly being affected by my presenc...
Coming at it with a shield, - My Octopus Teacher 00:06
Coming at it with a shield,
This is something different. This is interesting. - My Octopus Teacher 00:09
This is something different. This is interesting.
If she was in a playful mood, you couldn't leave it there for too long. - My Octopus Teacher 00:07
If she was in a playful mood, you couldn't leave it the...
It took going in every day to really get to know her environment better. - My Octopus Teacher 00:06
It took going in every day to really get to know her environ...
Initially, it all just seems like much of the same thing. - My Octopus Teacher 00:14
Initially, it all just seems like much of the same thing.
You get the forest with a lot of different algae growing in the bottom. - My Octopus Teacher 00:08
You get the forest with a lot of different algae growing in ...
As I started to map the environment around her den, - My Octopus Teacher 00:22
As I started to map the environment around her den,