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My Octopus Teacher

What's so amazing about this environment is you're in a three-dimensional forest, and you...

What's so amazing about this environment is you're in a three-dimensional forest, and you can jump off the top
and go wherever you want. You're flying, basically. [piano music playing] You might as well be on another planet

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What's so amazing about this environment
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is you're in a three-dimensional forest,
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and you can jump off the top and go wherever you want.
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You're flying, basically.
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[piano music playing]
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You might as well be on another planet.
Duration
19 seconds
Views
37
Timestamp in Movie
00:08:26
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.
You naturally just get more relaxed in the water. - My Octopus Teacher 00:11
You naturally just get more relaxed in the water.
Having a scuba tank in a thick kelp forest - My Octopus Teacher 00:07
Having a scuba tank in a thick kelp forest
I want to be more like an amphibious animal. - My Octopus Teacher 00:05
I want to be more like an amphibious animal.
Instinctively, I knew not to wear a wet suit. - My Octopus Teacher 00:05
Instinctively, I knew not to wear a wet suit.
If you really wanna get close to... - My Octopus Teacher 00:10
If you really wanna get close to...
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.