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My Octopus Teacher

So when these thousands of threadsgoing off from the octopus to all the other...

So when these thousands of threads
going off from the octopus to all the other animals,
predator and prey, and then this incredible forest, um, just nurturing all of this

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So when these thousands of threads going off from the octopus
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to all the other animals, predator and prey,
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and then this incredible forest,
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um, just nurturing all of this.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
00:57:46
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 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...
Burnt in my memory, this, like, huge shark just suddenly approaching her. - My Octopus Teacher 00:05
Burnt in my memory, this, like, huge shark just suddenly app...
Then you just saw the shark swimming on the periphery, picking up her scent. - My Octopus Teacher 00:05
Then you just saw the shark swimming on the periphery, picki...
Nightmare happening again." - My Octopus Teacher 00:05
Nightmare happening again."
She jets up in the canopy, - My Octopus Teacher 00:11
She jets up in the canopy,
All the smell's on the kelp, - My Octopus Teacher 00:06
All the smell's on the kelp,
[heavy breathing] - My Octopus Teacher 00:08
[heavy breathing]
I just, you know... almost can't believe my eyes. - My Octopus Teacher 00:05
I just, you know... almost can't believe my eyes.
But the problem is, of course, she's gotta come back. - My Octopus Teacher 00:04
But the problem is, of course, she's gotta come back.
And then, I see her, - My Octopus Teacher 00:11
And then, I see her,
And then folding her arms - My Octopus Teacher 00:05
And then folding her arms
And in that moment, - My Octopus Teacher 00:06
And in that moment,
And it's like, "Okay, now, this is too crazy." - My Octopus Teacher 00:12
And it's like, "Okay, now, this is too crazy."...
Takes a few seconds to figure out, - My Octopus Teacher 00:09
Takes a few seconds to figure out,
Drops the remaining shells - My Octopus Teacher 00:05
Drops the remaining shells
The shark comes, does one pass, - My Octopus Teacher 00:07
The shark comes, does one pass,