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On Netflix. Anyone on here seen it? It is so many levels of right.
I found I could identify with the narrator from the outset anyway, but when he went into the water and introduced the octopus, my mind was blown.
How utterly beautiful, amazing, intelligent...
If you haven't seen it, do so asap.
Love an octopus. I've stopped eating them since I read this:
(It's not like I had them every week or anything. I've eaten octopus about 4 times in my entire life)
EDIT - this was great too, https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0007snt
It’s excellent, one of the best things I’ve watched lately
I’ve stopped eating them since I read this
So you’ll eat thick animals but not brainy ones?
No, I'll eat brainy ones too. But I won't eat brains. Octopi have brains in their tentacles.
What's wrong with eating brains as opposed to any other meaty bit?
I usually don’t much like nature documentaries where the narrator is basically telling you about their awesome experience - prefer factual ones, but this was an exception, an incredible story from a unique perspective and beautiful filming.
Octopi have brains in their tentacles.
No, that's just men. Oh, tentacles, right.
(Also, the plural is "octopuses.")
I think both are generally accepted aren't they these days?
Bit OT, but a friend of mine lives in Malta and on occasion goes to the wet fish market in Valeta, buys a live octopus and goes down to the sea and sets it free and posts the videos on FB.
Link!
Interesting how film was made. The octopus had frecked sometime before idea of documentary made. They had lots of footage but then needed to impose the narrative...
Worth looking at this: https://seachangeproject.com/stories/
And if you have seen original trailer, now time for the parody:
Outstanding, thank you. 🙂
Bit OT, but a friend of mine lives in Malta and on occasion goes to the wet fish market in Valeta, buys a live octopus and goes down to the sea and sets it free and posts the videos on FB.
Awesome! I like to hope they're evolving a branch of uncatchable octopi. 🙂
Also, the plural is “octopuses.
I think both are generally accepted aren’t they these days?
Both are generally accepted. Interestingly (actually, maybe not..), from an etymological point of view, octopodes is more "correct".
Awesome! I like to hope they’re evolving a branch of uncatchable octopi
Wouldn't the opposite happen? The ones that get caught are allowed to breed.