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The first instinct is to try and scare the sharks away
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My Octopus Teacher

The first instinctis to try and scare the sharks away. But then you realize that you'd be...

The first instinct
is to try and scare the sharks away. But then you realize that you'd be interfering
with the whole process of the forest

Full Transcript

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The first instinct is to try and scare the sharks away.
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But then you realize
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that you'd be interfering with the whole process of the forest.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
35
Timestamp in Movie
00:38:43
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.
She was out of the den, moving around near the edge of the forest. - My Octopus Teacher 00:06
She was out of the den, moving around near the edge of the f...
Body was slightly hunched forward and was following the scent trail. - My Octopus Teacher 00:08
Body was slightly hunched forward and was following the scen...
And the next minute, the shark is actually clamped down on one of her arms, - My Octopus Teacher 00:08
And the next minute, the shark is actually clamped down on o...
[gasps, sighs] - My Octopus Teacher 00:06
[gasps, sighs]
And thank God she managed to get really deep in that crack. - My Octopus Teacher 00:04
And thank God she managed to get really deep in that crack.
She was moving very badly, slowly, very weak. - My Octopus Teacher 00:06
She was moving very badly, slowly, very weak.
She's bleeding. That smell's in the water. - My Octopus Teacher 00:04
She's bleeding. That smell's in the water.
I thought about helping her back physically to the den. - My Octopus Teacher 00:05
I thought about helping her back physically to the den.
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,