The remarkable thing is that once the octopus determines that the man with a mask and snorkel is not a threat, the octopus becomes almost as curious about Foster as Foster is about the cephalopod. Craig Foster spent a year following and developing a bond with the octopus, observing the octopus for most of its life. This is an overly long introduction to a fascinating new documentary, My Octopus Teacher, on Netflix about a filmmaker and free diver, who developed a relationship with an octopus living in a kelp forest off Cape Town, South Africa. They are indeed mysterious and otherworldly. While other intelligent creatures, from humans to orca whales, tend to be long-lived and to live in communities of others of their kind, the octopus has a relatively short life span and is not particularly social. With three hearts, nine brains, and blue blood, they are so different from us that they could be from another planet. Octopuses are often referred to as being akin to space aliens.
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