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This is high-level invertebrate intelligence
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My Octopus Teacher

This is high-levelinvertebrate intelligence

This is high-level
invertebrate intelligence

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This is high-level invertebrate intelligence.
Duration
4 seconds
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22
Timestamp in Movie
00:56:49
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.
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...
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