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My Octopus Teacher

I'm thinking now,"She's definitely gonna catch this one."

I'm thinking now,
"She's definitely gonna catch this one."

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I'm thinking now, "She's definitely gonna catch this one."
Duration
4 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:54:17
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 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...
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...