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But the octopus has a trick up her sleeve
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Oceans: Our Blue Planet

But the octopushas a trick up her sleeve

But the octopus
has a trick up her sleeve

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But the octopus has a trick up her sleeve.
Duration
4 seconds
Views
30
Timestamp in Movie
00:15:18
Uploaded
Jun 22, 2025
Genres
documentary, short
Production
OceanX Media,BBC Earth,BBC Studios Natural History Unit

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Embark on a global odyssey to discover the largest and least explored habitat on earth. New ocean science and technology has allowed us to go further into the unknown than we ever thought possible.
In a behaviour previously unknown to science, - Oceans: Our Blue Planet 00:11
In a behaviour previously unknown to science,
Superior wits allow this octopus to stay alive. - Oceans: Our Blue Planet 00:06
Superior wits allow this octopus to stay alive.
But just as we're getting to know these forests, - Oceans: Our Blue Planet 00:06
But just as we're getting to know these forests,
Off north America's pacific coast, great stands of kelp - Oceans: Our Blue Planet 00:06
Off north America's pacific coast, great stands of kelp
By armies of ravenous sea urchins. - Oceans: Our Blue Planet 00:04
By armies of ravenous sea urchins.
They much through the roots with razor-sharp teeth. - Oceans: Our Blue Planet 00:05
They much through the roots with razor-sharp teeth.
But some kelp forests here have unlikely guardians. - Oceans: Our Blue Planet 00:06
But some kelp forests here have unlikely guardians.
Because they live their entire lives in such cold waters, - Oceans: Our Blue Planet 00:10
Because they live their entire lives in such cold waters,
One of their favourite foods is sea urchin. - Oceans: Our Blue Planet 00:05
One of their favourite foods is sea urchin.
By removing the urchins, - Oceans: Our Blue Planet 00:06
By removing the urchins,
And with all this food, they're having a baby boom. - Oceans: Our Blue Planet 00:06
And with all this food, they're having a baby boom.
Now, in a few remote areas, - Oceans: Our Blue Planet 00:11
Now, in a few remote areas,
As we leave our coasts and head for the high seas, - Oceans: Our Blue Planet 00:07
As we leave our coasts and head for the high seas,
Covering over half our planet's surface, - Oceans: Our Blue Planet 00:07
Covering over half our planet's surface,
A vast empty void - Oceans: Our Blue Planet 00:07
A vast empty void
And, yet, it's home to vast numbers of dolphins. - Oceans: Our Blue Planet 00:04
And, yet, it's home to vast numbers of dolphins.
They sweep this marine desert for food - Oceans: Our Blue Planet 00:07
They sweep this marine desert for food
And they're leading this research vessel to a rare feeding event. - Oceans: Our Blue Planet 00:05
And they're leading this research vessel to a rare feed...
But to find it, they have to be fast. - Oceans: Our Blue Planet 00:04
But to find it, they have to be fast.
Using echolocation, they lock on to their prey. - Oceans: Our Blue Planet 00:05
Using echolocation, they lock on to their prey.