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1 | 00:00:02,000 | 00:00:07,000 | Downloaded from YTS.MX | Downloaded from YTS.MX |
2 | 00:00:07,000 | 00:00:09,000 | [waves crashing] | [waves crashing] |
3 | 00:00:08,000 | 00:00:13,000 | Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX | Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX |
4 | 00:00:14,280 | 00:00:16,080 | [seagull squawking] | [seagull squawking] |
5 | 00:00:25,960 | 00:00:29,040 | [female chanting playing] | [female chanting playing] |
6 | 00:00:36,040 | 00:00:39,080 | [man] A lot of people say that an octopus is like an alien. | [man] A lot of people say that an octopus is like an alien. |
7 | 00:00:41,760 | 00:00:45,560 | But the strange thing is, as you get closer to them, | But the strange thing is, as you get closer to them, |
8 | 00:00:45,640 | 00:00:49,760 | you realize that we're very similar in a lot of ways. | you realize that we're very similar in a lot of ways. |
9 | 00:00:54,160 | 00:00:58,200 | You're stepping into this completely different world. | You're stepping into this completely different world. |
10 | 00:01:06,160 | 00:01:08,560 | Such an incredible feeling. | Such an incredible feeling. |
11 | 00:01:10,360 | 00:01:13,680 | And you feel you're on the brink of something extraordinary. | And you feel you're on the brink of something extraordinary. |
12 | 00:01:15,760 | 00:01:19,080 | [upbeat orchestral music playing] | [upbeat orchestral music playing] |
13 | 00:01:21,920 | 00:01:24,800 | But you realize that there's a line that can't be crossed. | But you realize that there's a line that can't be crossed. |
14 | 00:01:25,440 | 00:01:27,440 | [tense music playing] | [tense music playing] |
15 | 00:01:47,120 | 00:01:50,720 | It's quite a long time ago now, that day when it all started. | It's quite a long time ago now, that day when it all started. |
16 | 00:02:05,280 | 00:02:06,480 | [thunder rumbling] | [thunder rumbling] |
17 | 00:02:10,680 | 00:02:12,080 | [seagulls squawking] | [seagulls squawking] |
18 | 00:02:25,040 | 00:02:29,360 | This place on the tip of Africa is known as the Cape of Storms. | This place on the tip of Africa is known as the Cape of Storms. |
19 | 00:02:35,280 | 00:02:38,080 | My childhood memories are completely dominated | My childhood memories are completely dominated |
20 | 00:02:38,160 | 00:02:41,240 | by the rocky shore, the intertidal and the kelp forest. | by the rocky shore, the intertidal and the kelp forest. |
21 | 00:02:47,240 | 00:02:49,240 | We had this little wooden bungalow, | We had this little wooden bungalow, |
22 | 00:02:50,080 | 00:02:52,000 | literally below the high-water mark. | literally below the high-water mark. |
23 | 00:02:52,560 | 00:02:54,960 | So when those huge storms used to come in, | So when those huge storms used to come in, |
24 | 00:02:55,560 | 00:02:59,600 | the ocean used to smash the doors down and fill up the bottom of the house. | the ocean used to smash the doors down and fill up the bottom of the house. |
25 | 00:03:05,200 | 00:03:07,200 | So it was incredibly exciting as a child | So it was incredibly exciting as a child |
26 | 00:03:07,280 | 00:03:11,400 | to literally live in the force of that giant Atlantic Ocean. | to literally live in the force of that giant Atlantic Ocean. |
27 | 00:03:20,200 | 00:03:23,520 | Most of my childhood was spent in the rock pools, | Most of my childhood was spent in the rock pools, |
28 | 00:03:23,600 | 00:03:25,480 | diving in the shallow kelp forest. | diving in the shallow kelp forest. |
29 | 00:03:30,560 | 00:03:32,360 | That's what I most loved to do. | That's what I most loved to do. |
30 | 00:03:35,840 | 00:03:37,960 | As an adult, I'd been separated from that. | As an adult, I'd been separated from that. |
31 | 00:03:40,680 | 00:03:42,720 | And that was fine at first. | And that was fine at first. |
32 | 00:03:44,640 | 00:03:48,880 | Until I went to the central Kalahari about 20 years ago. | Until I went to the central Kalahari about 20 years ago. |
33 | 00:03:59,880 | 00:04:03,240 | I was making a film called The Great Dance with my brother. | I was making a film called The Great Dance with my brother. |
34 | 00:04:04,600 | 00:04:05,960 | And then I met these men | And then I met these men |
35 | 00:04:06,040 | 00:04:09,400 | who were probably some of the best trackers in the world. | who were probably some of the best trackers in the world. |
36 | 00:04:12,920 | 00:04:14,520 | To watch these men... | To watch these men... |
37 | 00:04:16,040 | 00:04:19,960 | go into the incredible, subtle signs in nature, | go into the incredible, subtle signs in nature, |
38 | 00:04:20,040 | 00:04:22,560 | things that my eye couldn't even see, | things that my eye couldn't even see, |
39 | 00:04:22,640 | 00:04:25,520 | and then follow them, sometimes for hours, | and then follow them, sometimes for hours, |
40 | 00:04:25,600 | 00:04:27,960 | and find hidden animals in the landscape | and find hidden animals in the landscape |
41 | 00:04:28,040 | 00:04:30,400 | was just extraordinary to witness. | was just extraordinary to witness. |
42 | 00:04:33,240 | 00:04:36,880 | I mean, they just were inside of the natural world. | I mean, they just were inside of the natural world. |
43 | 00:04:39,920 | 00:04:41,680 | And I could feel I was outside. | And I could feel I was outside. |
44 | 00:04:45,160 | 00:04:48,400 | And I had this deep longing to be inside that world. | And I had this deep longing to be inside that world. |
45 | 00:04:58,920 | 00:05:01,720 | I went through two years of absolute hell. | I went through two years of absolute hell. |
46 | 00:05:02,240 | 00:05:04,760 | [indistinct chattering] | [indistinct chattering] |
47 | 00:05:05,760 | 00:05:08,520 | I had been working hard for a long time, | I had been working hard for a long time, |
48 | 00:05:09,440 | 00:05:10,720 | I'd just worn myself out. | I'd just worn myself out. |
49 | 00:05:12,600 | 00:05:14,680 | I hadn't slept properly for months. | I hadn't slept properly for months. |
50 | 00:05:16,520 | 00:05:18,160 | My family was suffering. | My family was suffering. |
51 | 00:05:21,640 | 00:05:24,200 | And I was getting sick from all the pressure. | And I was getting sick from all the pressure. |
52 | 00:05:28,320 | 00:05:30,920 | My mind couldn't deal with all that stuff. | My mind couldn't deal with all that stuff. |
53 | 00:05:33,440 | 00:05:36,960 | And I didn't wanna see a camera or an edit suite ever again. | And I didn't wanna see a camera or an edit suite ever again. |
54 | 00:05:37,040 | 00:05:38,880 | I couldn't even face that. | I couldn't even face that. |
55 | 00:05:43,040 | 00:05:45,400 | Your great purpose in life is now... | Your great purpose in life is now... |
56 | 00:05:46,640 | 00:05:47,880 | just in pieces. | just in pieces. |
57 | 00:05:52,920 | 00:05:55,640 | And you've got this young child that's growing up. | And you've got this young child that's growing up. |
58 | 00:05:56,680 | 00:05:57,520 | Tom. | Tom. |
59 | 00:06:01,320 | 00:06:04,520 | I just couldn't, in that state, be a good father to my son. | I just couldn't, in that state, be a good father to my son. |
60 | 00:06:10,480 | 00:06:12,640 | I had to have a radical change. | I had to have a radical change. |
61 | 00:06:15,440 | 00:06:17,600 | And I took inspiration from my childhood, | And I took inspiration from my childhood, |
62 | 00:06:17,680 | 00:06:21,080 | and I took inspiration from these master trackers | and I took inspiration from these master trackers |
63 | 00:06:21,160 | 00:06:22,680 | I worked with in the Kalahari. | I worked with in the Kalahari. |
64 | 00:06:25,680 | 00:06:27,960 | And the only way I knew how to do it was to... | And the only way I knew how to do it was to... |
65 | 00:06:28,760 | 00:06:29,640 | be in this ocean. | be in this ocean. |
66 | 00:06:36,000 | 00:06:39,360 | In the beginning, it's a hard thing to get in the water. | In the beginning, it's a hard thing to get in the water. |
67 | 00:06:40,880 | 00:06:45,200 | It's one of the wildest, most scary places to swim on the planet. | It's one of the wildest, most scary places to swim on the planet. |
68 | 00:06:56,120 | 00:06:59,880 | The water drops to as low as eight, nine degrees Celsius. | The water drops to as low as eight, nine degrees Celsius. |
69 | 00:07:03,000 | 00:07:04,600 | The cold takes your breath away. | The cold takes your breath away. |
70 | 00:07:10,120 | 00:07:12,000 | And you just have to relax. | And you just have to relax. |
71 | 00:07:15,760 | 00:07:18,160 | And then you'll get this beautiful window of time | And then you'll get this beautiful window of time |
72 | 00:07:18,240 | 00:07:19,840 | for 10, 15 minutes. | for 10, 15 minutes. |
73 | 00:07:21,440 | 00:07:22,320 | Suddenly... | Suddenly... |
74 | 00:07:23,840 | 00:07:25,160 | everything feels okay. | everything feels okay. |
75 | 00:07:33,880 | 00:07:39,240 | The cold upgrades the brain because you're getting this flood of chemicals | The cold upgrades the brain because you're getting this flood of chemicals |
76 | 00:07:39,320 | 00:07:41,480 | every time you immerse in that cold water. | every time you immerse in that cold water. |
77 | 00:07:45,400 | 00:07:47,040 | Your whole body comes alive. | Your whole body comes alive. |
78 | 00:07:50,640 | 00:07:54,320 | And then, as your body adapts, it just becomes easier and easier. | And then, as your body adapts, it just becomes easier and easier. |
79 | 00:07:55,240 | 00:07:58,680 | [gentle orchestral music plays] | [gentle orchestral music plays] |
80 | 00:08:02,440 | 00:08:03,400 | And eventually... | And eventually... |
81 | 00:08:05,920 | 00:08:07,040 | after about a year... | after about a year... |
82 | 00:08:08,520 | 00:08:10,280 | you start to crave the cold. | you start to crave the cold. |
83 | 00:08:21,600 | 00:08:22,600 | [breathes deeply] | [breathes deeply] |
84 | 00:08:25,920 | 00:08:28,640 | What's so amazing about this environment | What's so amazing about this environment |
85 | 00:08:28,720 | 00:08:31,000 | is you're in a three-dimensional forest, | is you're in a three-dimensional forest, |
86 | 00:08:31,080 | 00:08:33,760 | and you can jump off the top and go wherever you want. | and you can jump off the top and go wherever you want. |
87 | 00:08:35,320 | 00:08:36,640 | You're flying, basically. | You're flying, basically. |
88 | 00:08:37,040 | 00:08:40,200 | [piano music playing] | [piano music playing] |
89 | 00:08:41,640 | 00:08:43,800 | You might as well be on another planet. | You might as well be on another planet. |
90 | 00:08:49,440 | 00:08:53,640 | You naturally just get more relaxed in the water. | You naturally just get more relaxed in the water. |
91 | 00:08:56,160 | 00:08:59,120 | You get to be able to hold your breath for longer. | You get to be able to hold your breath for longer. |
92 | 00:09:03,480 | 00:09:06,800 | Having a scuba tank in a thick kelp forest | Having a scuba tank in a thick kelp forest |
93 | 00:09:07,640 | 00:09:09,160 | is not optimal for me. | is not optimal for me. |
94 | 00:09:14,440 | 00:09:18,000 | I want to be more like an amphibious animal. | I want to be more like an amphibious animal. |
95 | 00:09:26,400 | 00:09:30,000 | Instinctively, I knew not to wear a wet suit. | Instinctively, I knew not to wear a wet suit. |
96 | 00:09:33,840 | 00:09:36,440 | If you really wanna get close to... | If you really wanna get close to... |
97 | 00:09:37,040 | 00:09:38,520 | an environment like this, | an environment like this, |
98 | 00:09:38,600 | 00:09:42,960 | it helps tremendously to have no barrier to that environment. | it helps tremendously to have no barrier to that environment. |
99 | 00:09:51,680 | 00:09:56,200 | And I suddenly realized I've got energy to take images and film again... | And I suddenly realized I've got energy to take images and film again... |
100 | 00:09:57,640 | 00:09:59,440 | and then picked up my camera again | and then picked up my camera again |
101 | 00:09:59,520 | 00:10:02,080 | and started doing the thing I love and what I know. | and started doing the thing I love and what I know. |
102 | 00:10:04,440 | 00:10:07,200 | [piano music soars] | [piano music soars] |
103 | 00:10:08,120 | 00:10:10,840 | The animals are extremely exotic and strange. | The animals are extremely exotic and strange. |
104 | 00:10:27,160 | 00:10:31,440 | It's, like, much more extreme than our maddest science fiction. | It's, like, much more extreme than our maddest science fiction. |
105 | 00:10:56,000 | 00:10:59,000 | I remember that day when it all started. | I remember that day when it all started. |
106 | 00:11:02,160 | 00:11:04,400 | I found this very, very special area | I found this very, very special area |
107 | 00:11:05,240 | 00:11:08,240 | that is protected with a big piece of kelp forest, | that is protected with a big piece of kelp forest, |
108 | 00:11:08,840 | 00:11:12,080 | 'cause the forest itself actually dampens the swell. | 'cause the forest itself actually dampens the swell. |
109 | 00:11:21,640 | 00:11:23,760 | And the whole forest around there | And the whole forest around there |
110 | 00:11:23,840 | 00:11:26,200 | is absolutely murky, and you can't see a thing. | is absolutely murky, and you can't see a thing. |
111 | 00:11:26,280 | 00:11:30,120 | And in this little 200-meter patch, you can dive | And in this little 200-meter patch, you can dive |
112 | 00:11:30,200 | 00:11:31,280 | and observe. | and observe. |
113 | 00:11:31,360 | 00:11:32,880 | And it's an incredible place. | And it's an incredible place. |
114 | 00:11:41,880 | 00:11:45,840 | And I remember there was this strange shape to my left | And I remember there was this strange shape to my left |
115 | 00:11:45,920 | 00:11:47,240 | and just going down... | and just going down... |
116 | 00:11:49,080 | 00:11:52,480 | and seeing this really strange thing. | and seeing this really strange thing. |
117 | 00:11:52,720 | 00:11:55,520 | [delicate piano music playing] | [delicate piano music playing] |
118 | 00:12:11,800 | 00:12:14,040 | The fish even seemed to be confused. | The fish even seemed to be confused. |
119 | 00:12:24,320 | 00:12:25,400 | And then, suddenly... | And then, suddenly... |
120 | 00:12:30,440 | 00:12:33,600 | [gentle orchestral music plays] | [gentle orchestral music plays] |
121 | 00:12:35,160 | 00:12:37,040 | At the time, I didn't know | At the time, I didn't know |
122 | 00:12:37,120 | 00:12:39,040 | I'd witnessed something extraordinary. | I'd witnessed something extraordinary. |
123 | 00:12:41,760 | 00:12:44,880 | I'd come in at the end of a whole drama. | I'd come in at the end of a whole drama. |
124 | 00:12:50,040 | 00:12:52,440 | You think, "What on earth is this animal doing?" | You think, "What on earth is this animal doing?" |
125 | 00:12:55,400 | 00:12:57,680 | And I think she was a little bit afraid of me, | And I think she was a little bit afraid of me, |
126 | 00:12:57,760 | 00:13:00,480 | so she lifted this incredibly slippery... | so she lifted this incredibly slippery... |
127 | 00:13:01,080 | 00:13:04,120 | piece of algae that you can hardly hold with your hands | piece of algae that you can hardly hold with your hands |
128 | 00:13:04,200 | 00:13:07,520 | and just wrapped it in this extraordinary cloak around her | and just wrapped it in this extraordinary cloak around her |
129 | 00:13:07,600 | 00:13:09,800 | and then stared at me out of the little gap. | and then stared at me out of the little gap. |
130 | 00:13:19,080 | 00:13:21,920 | And then, boom, you know, she was gone. | And then, boom, you know, she was gone. |
131 | 00:13:44,840 | 00:13:46,800 | It's a hard thing to explain, | It's a hard thing to explain, |
132 | 00:13:46,880 | 00:13:49,480 | but sometimes you just get a feeling, | but sometimes you just get a feeling, |
133 | 00:13:49,960 | 00:13:51,200 | and you know | and you know |
134 | 00:13:51,280 | 00:13:55,080 | there's-- there's something to this creature that's very unusual. | there's-- there's something to this creature that's very unusual. |
135 | 00:13:59,160 | 00:14:00,800 | There's something to learn here. | There's something to learn here. |
136 | 00:14:04,800 | 00:14:07,000 | There's something special about her. | There's something special about her. |
137 | 00:14:17,600 | 00:14:19,400 | And then I had this crazy idea. | And then I had this crazy idea. |
138 | 00:14:19,480 | 00:14:22,280 | What happens if I just went every day? | What happens if I just went every day? |
139 | 00:14:22,840 | 00:14:25,720 | What happens if I... I never missed a day? | What happens if I... I never missed a day? |
140 | 00:14:35,320 | 00:14:39,280 | And, initially, she was clearly being affected by my presence, | And, initially, she was clearly being affected by my presence, |
141 | 00:14:39,360 | 00:14:41,480 | so I thought, "I'll leave the camera there, | so I thought, "I'll leave the camera there, |
142 | 00:14:41,560 | 00:14:45,000 | and then that will record her going about her business." | and then that will record her going about her business." |
143 | 00:14:49,680 | 00:14:52,320 | She sees this shiny new thing in the forest. | She sees this shiny new thing in the forest. |
144 | 00:14:58,520 | 00:15:00,520 | Coming at it with a shield, | Coming at it with a shield, |
145 | 00:15:01,280 | 00:15:03,840 | just in case it attacked, and put up the shield. | just in case it attacked, and put up the shield. |
146 | 00:15:09,000 | 00:15:11,480 | This is something different. This is interesting. | This is something different. This is interesting. |
147 | 00:15:13,880 | 00:15:16,600 | Touching it, feeling it, tasting it. | Touching it, feeling it, tasting it. |
148 | 00:15:21,840 | 00:15:25,560 | If she was in a playful mood, you couldn't leave it there for too long. | If she was in a playful mood, you couldn't leave it there for too long. |
149 | 00:15:25,840 | 00:15:27,520 | She'd just pull the thing over. | She'd just pull the thing over. |
150 | 00:15:43,440 | 00:15:48,680 | It took going in every day to really get to know her environment better. | It took going in every day to really get to know her environment better. |
151 | 00:15:51,840 | 00:15:55,640 | Initially, it all just seems like much of the same thing. | Initially, it all just seems like much of the same thing. |
152 | 00:15:57,480 | 00:16:01,280 | But then, after a while, you see all the different types of the forest. | But then, after a while, you see all the different types of the forest. |
153 | 00:16:03,680 | 00:16:05,200 | You get the old-growth forest. | You get the old-growth forest. |
154 | 00:16:08,640 | 00:16:12,200 | You get the forest with a lot of different algae growing in the bottom. | You get the forest with a lot of different algae growing in the bottom. |
155 | 00:16:14,280 | 00:16:15,760 | You get the misty forest. | You get the misty forest. |
156 | 00:16:24,160 | 00:16:27,880 | As I started to map the environment around her den, | As I started to map the environment around her den, |
157 | 00:16:29,640 | 00:16:32,960 | it was shocking to see small caves really close to her, | it was shocking to see small caves really close to her, |
158 | 00:16:33,040 | 00:16:34,840 | packed with pyjama sharks. | packed with pyjama sharks. |
159 | 00:16:37,120 | 00:16:40,200 | And they really are her most serious predator. | And they really are her most serious predator. |
160 | 00:16:41,920 | 00:16:45,080 | Their skin is striped. That's why they're called a pyjama shark. | Their skin is striped. That's why they're called a pyjama shark. |
161 | 00:16:48,560 | 00:16:50,360 | They're not visual predators. | They're not visual predators. |
162 | 00:16:51,880 | 00:16:55,000 | But they have an incredible sense of smell. | But they have an incredible sense of smell. |
163 | 00:16:59,320 | 00:17:01,280 | And they are particularly aggressive. | And they are particularly aggressive. |
164 | 00:17:11,280 | 00:17:14,520 | They can shove their noses into a small crack. | They can shove their noses into a small crack. |
165 | 00:17:16,640 | 00:17:20,000 | So they are deadly little octopus predators. | So they are deadly little octopus predators. |
166 | 00:17:22,160 | 00:17:26,160 | And I was thinking, "Well, how long before something happens with these animals?" | And I was thinking, "Well, how long before something happens with these animals?" |
167 | 00:17:42,560 | 00:17:45,800 | After visiting her more and more and more, | After visiting her more and more and more, |
168 | 00:17:45,880 | 00:17:49,880 | there was a definite moment where... | there was a definite moment where... |
169 | 00:17:51,520 | 00:17:54,280 | that fear had subsided tremendously. | that fear had subsided tremendously. |
170 | 00:17:59,240 | 00:18:00,400 | She'd see big movement, | She'd see big movement, |
171 | 00:18:00,480 | 00:18:03,000 | and she'd be slightly afraid and then look, "Oh, it's him." | and she'd be slightly afraid and then look, "Oh, it's him." |
172 | 00:18:04,240 | 00:18:07,600 | And she'd come out and be very curious. | And she'd come out and be very curious. |
173 | 00:18:12,320 | 00:18:16,600 | Very interested, very curious, but not taking stupid chances. | Very interested, very curious, but not taking stupid chances. |
174 | 00:18:17,840 | 00:18:21,880 | Keeping all the other arms attached to the den | Keeping all the other arms attached to the den |
175 | 00:18:21,960 | 00:18:23,280 | and the suckers in place. | and the suckers in place. |
176 | 00:18:35,440 | 00:18:37,040 | And then it just happens. | And then it just happens. |
177 | 00:18:38,000 | 00:18:40,240 | I put my hand out a tiny bit. | I put my hand out a tiny bit. |
178 | 00:18:47,280 | 00:18:50,440 | [gentle music plays] | [gentle music plays] |
179 | 00:19:13,280 | 00:19:16,480 | Something happens when that animal makes contact. | Something happens when that animal makes contact. |
180 | 00:19:29,120 | 00:19:31,960 | But, at some point, you're gonna have to breathe. | But, at some point, you're gonna have to breathe. |
181 | 00:19:34,640 | 00:19:37,120 | So you've got to very gently | So you've got to very gently |
182 | 00:19:37,640 | 00:19:40,320 | prize off those suckers | prize off those suckers |
183 | 00:19:40,400 | 00:19:42,400 | without disturbing her, | without disturbing her, |
184 | 00:19:43,400 | 00:19:46,320 | so that you can actually go up and take a breath. | so that you can actually go up and take a breath. |
185 | 00:20:02,880 | 00:20:04,600 | By far the most powerful | By far the most powerful |
186 | 00:20:05,640 | 00:20:07,280 | is when it comes out the den | is when it comes out the den |
187 | 00:20:08,040 | 00:20:10,760 | because that's when you know there's full trust. | because that's when you know there's full trust. |
188 | 00:20:10,840 | 00:20:14,760 | There's no holding the arms back just in case I have to pull back. | There's no holding the arms back just in case I have to pull back. |
189 | 00:20:14,840 | 00:20:17,800 | It's like, "I totally trust this human, | It's like, "I totally trust this human, |
190 | 00:20:18,520 | 00:20:20,160 | and I'm coming out of the den, | and I'm coming out of the den, |
191 | 00:20:21,240 | 00:20:23,080 | and I'm gonna go about my business." | and I'm gonna go about my business." |
192 | 00:20:35,400 | 00:20:38,440 | I started to see pretty extraordinary things. | I started to see pretty extraordinary things. |
193 | 00:20:40,560 | 00:20:43,320 | They can look spiky. They can look smooth. | They can look spiky. They can look smooth. |
194 | 00:20:46,720 | 00:20:48,760 | Grow horns on their heads. | Grow horns on their heads. |
195 | 00:20:53,400 | 00:20:56,400 | They can match color, texture, pattern, skin. | They can match color, texture, pattern, skin. |
196 | 00:20:57,000 | 00:20:58,000 | It's beautiful. | It's beautiful. |
197 | 00:21:12,960 | 00:21:16,080 | Most of the time, she's jetting or crawling or swimming. | Most of the time, she's jetting or crawling or swimming. |
198 | 00:21:19,280 | 00:21:21,040 | But occasionally, | But occasionally, |
199 | 00:21:21,120 | 00:21:22,360 | two legs come out. | two legs come out. |
200 | 00:21:26,440 | 00:21:27,520 | She walks. | She walks. |
201 | 00:21:30,360 | 00:21:32,520 | And off she goes, striding away, | And off she goes, striding away, |
202 | 00:21:33,120 | 00:21:34,800 | walking bipedally. | walking bipedally. |
203 | 00:21:38,880 | 00:21:42,680 | She puts her body into this strange posture that kind of looks like a rock. | She puts her body into this strange posture that kind of looks like a rock. |
204 | 00:21:46,920 | 00:21:51,840 | And then two of those arms underneath slowly moving, | And then two of those arms underneath slowly moving, |
205 | 00:21:51,920 | 00:21:54,960 | so the rock is just slowly moving away. | so the rock is just slowly moving away. |
206 | 00:21:59,920 | 00:22:01,480 | And then she changes | And then she changes |
207 | 00:22:01,560 | 00:22:05,520 | into this extraordinary, wobbly, flowy old lady in a dress. | into this extraordinary, wobbly, flowy old lady in a dress. |
208 | 00:22:08,960 | 00:22:11,240 | Perhaps she's trying to mimic | Perhaps she's trying to mimic |
209 | 00:22:11,800 | 00:22:14,120 | kelp or algae moving in the swell... | kelp or algae moving in the swell... |
210 | 00:22:15,720 | 00:22:18,120 | and, at the same time, is slowly moving away. | and, at the same time, is slowly moving away. |
211 | 00:22:20,760 | 00:22:22,600 | And this is how she works. | And this is how she works. |
212 | 00:22:22,680 | 00:22:25,920 | This incredible creativity to deceive. | This incredible creativity to deceive. |
213 | 00:22:29,560 | 00:22:34,720 | An octopus is essentially a snail that's lost its shell in evolution. | An octopus is essentially a snail that's lost its shell in evolution. |
214 | 00:22:34,800 | 00:22:37,120 | A very fragile, liquid, soft animal | A very fragile, liquid, soft animal |
215 | 00:22:37,200 | 00:22:39,640 | that relies on tremendous intelligence. | that relies on tremendous intelligence. |
216 | 00:22:42,600 | 00:22:46,160 | She's got no mother or father to teach her anything. She's alone. | She's got no mother or father to teach her anything. She's alone. |
217 | 00:22:47,200 | 00:22:50,880 | 'Cause you've got all these different types of predators, all hunting her. | 'Cause you've got all these different types of predators, all hunting her. |
218 | 00:22:54,440 | 00:22:57,040 | So, over millions of years, she's had to... | So, over millions of years, she's had to... |
219 | 00:22:57,720 | 00:23:01,480 | come up with the most incredible methods to deceive them. | come up with the most incredible methods to deceive them. |
220 | 00:23:06,960 | 00:23:09,360 | And she's got to learn fast because | And she's got to learn fast because |
221 | 00:23:09,440 | 00:23:12,040 | she's only got just over a year to live. | she's only got just over a year to live. |
222 | 00:23:25,760 | 00:23:30,120 | When you're diving alone, everything about my kit has to be perfect. | When you're diving alone, everything about my kit has to be perfect. |
223 | 00:23:33,760 | 00:23:36,240 | And I've gotta be prepared for all eventualities. | And I've gotta be prepared for all eventualities. |
224 | 00:23:36,320 | 00:23:39,160 | I can't be fiddling around. It's gotta be instinctive. | I can't be fiddling around. It's gotta be instinctive. |
225 | 00:23:45,120 | 00:23:49,560 | But, at that point, I was making a lot of mistakes. | But, at that point, I was making a lot of mistakes. |
226 | 00:23:53,120 | 00:23:55,120 | One day, she was following me. | One day, she was following me. |
227 | 00:23:55,200 | 00:23:58,800 | And that's the most incredible thing, is to be followed by an octopus. | And that's the most incredible thing, is to be followed by an octopus. |
228 | 00:23:58,880 | 00:24:02,040 | You know, you're just backing away, moving backwards, | You know, you're just backing away, moving backwards, |
229 | 00:24:02,120 | 00:24:04,520 | and this incredible animal is coming towards you. | and this incredible animal is coming towards you. |
230 | 00:24:04,600 | 00:24:07,000 | And there's not a lot of fear in it at all. | And there's not a lot of fear in it at all. |
231 | 00:24:07,080 | 00:24:08,720 | It's curious, and there's trust, | It's curious, and there's trust, |
232 | 00:24:08,800 | 00:24:10,800 | and it's like this fantastic feeling. | and it's like this fantastic feeling. |
233 | 00:24:10,880 | 00:24:13,600 | [gentle piano music plays] | [gentle piano music plays] |
234 | 00:24:21,080 | 00:24:22,320 | And then, bam! | And then, bam! |
235 | 00:24:23,160 | 00:24:24,760 | I dropped one of my lenses, | I dropped one of my lenses, |
236 | 00:24:25,360 | 00:24:28,280 | and that thing falling quickly just startles that animal. | and that thing falling quickly just startles that animal. |
237 | 00:24:29,040 | 00:24:32,120 | And then it turns and rushes, and it's got a huge fright. | And then it turns and rushes, and it's got a huge fright. |
238 | 00:24:39,640 | 00:24:43,720 | And you just... you wanna kick yourself, because it's, you know... | And you just... you wanna kick yourself, because it's, you know... |
239 | 00:24:44,400 | 00:24:48,480 | That could have ended in the most incredible interaction and deep trust, | That could have ended in the most incredible interaction and deep trust, |
240 | 00:24:48,560 | 00:24:49,880 | and you've ruined it. | and you've ruined it. |
241 | 00:24:49,960 | 00:24:52,640 | Now, you know, have you ruined it forever? | Now, you know, have you ruined it forever? |
242 | 00:24:53,240 | 00:24:55,240 | Uh, is that animal ever gonna trust you? | Uh, is that animal ever gonna trust you? |
243 | 00:24:55,320 | 00:24:58,120 | Has that... has that experience freaked it out too much? | Has that... has that experience freaked it out too much? |
244 | 00:25:01,920 | 00:25:04,080 | And then I approached her too fast. | And then I approached her too fast. |
245 | 00:25:04,760 | 00:25:08,520 | And that's when she left the den and got a real fright... | And that's when she left the den and got a real fright... |
246 | 00:25:11,440 | 00:25:13,160 | and didn't come back to that den. | and didn't come back to that den. |
247 | 00:25:16,560 | 00:25:18,320 | And I thought this was over. | And I thought this was over. |
248 | 00:25:19,440 | 00:25:20,400 | She was gone. | She was gone. |
249 | 00:25:35,120 | 00:25:39,960 | I'd had this experience with these incredible San master trackers. | I'd had this experience with these incredible San master trackers. |
250 | 00:25:40,840 | 00:25:44,960 | I just thought, "I wonder if anybody could ever track anything underwater?" | I just thought, "I wonder if anybody could ever track anything underwater?" |
251 | 00:25:50,920 | 00:25:56,640 | This animal has spent millions of years learning to be impossible to find. | This animal has spent millions of years learning to be impossible to find. |
252 | 00:26:06,000 | 00:26:08,840 | I had to learn what octopus tracks looked like. | I had to learn what octopus tracks looked like. |
253 | 00:26:11,200 | 00:26:15,400 | And that was very frustrating at first, so difficult to discern. | And that was very frustrating at first, so difficult to discern. |
254 | 00:26:15,480 | 00:26:17,800 | What's the difference between octopus tracks | What's the difference between octopus tracks |
255 | 00:26:17,880 | 00:26:19,440 | and heart urchin tracks | and heart urchin tracks |
256 | 00:26:19,920 | 00:26:21,200 | and fish tracks... | and fish tracks... |
257 | 00:26:22,720 | 00:26:24,200 | and worm tracks? | and worm tracks? |
258 | 00:26:26,240 | 00:26:27,720 | And the predation marks. | And the predation marks. |
259 | 00:26:30,120 | 00:26:31,800 | The egg casings. | The egg casings. |
260 | 00:26:34,560 | 00:26:36,080 | I needed to learn everything. | I needed to learn everything. |
261 | 00:26:49,240 | 00:26:51,200 | And then you have to start thinking... | And then you have to start thinking... |
262 | 00:26:51,760 | 00:26:52,880 | like an octopus. | like an octopus. |
263 | 00:27:00,240 | 00:27:01,720 | It's like being a detective. | It's like being a detective. |
264 | 00:27:02,600 | 00:27:05,200 | And you just slowly get all your clues together. | And you just slowly get all your clues together. |
265 | 00:27:36,720 | 00:27:37,920 | And then I started to... | And then I started to... |
266 | 00:27:38,920 | 00:27:40,120 | make breakthroughs. | make breakthroughs. |
267 | 00:27:46,120 | 00:27:48,280 | "Okay, those are the animals she's killing." | "Okay, those are the animals she's killing." |
268 | 00:27:57,000 | 00:28:01,120 | So I'm looking at kills. I'm looking at little marks, diggings in the sand, | So I'm looking at kills. I'm looking at little marks, diggings in the sand, |
269 | 00:28:01,200 | 00:28:04,520 | little changes in the algal patterns where she's been moving. | little changes in the algal patterns where she's been moving. |
270 | 00:28:05,160 | 00:28:08,920 | And then knowing, "Okay, this animal is very close now. | And then knowing, "Okay, this animal is very close now. |
271 | 00:28:09,000 | 00:28:11,800 | It's close. It's within one or two meters." | It's close. It's within one or two meters." |
272 | 00:28:11,880 | 00:28:14,760 | And then focusing on that small space. | And then focusing on that small space. |
273 | 00:28:20,640 | 00:28:21,800 | And then, bang! | And then, bang! |
274 | 00:28:22,920 | 00:28:23,960 | She's there. | She's there. |
275 | 00:28:30,280 | 00:28:34,880 | Finally, after looking for her for a week, day after day, | Finally, after looking for her for a week, day after day, |
276 | 00:28:35,880 | 00:28:36,960 | there she was. | there she was. |
277 | 00:28:42,840 | 00:28:43,720 | It's like a... | It's like a... |
278 | 00:28:44,440 | 00:28:48,600 | a human friend, like, waving and saying, "Hi, I'm excited to see you." | a human friend, like, waving and saying, "Hi, I'm excited to see you." |
279 | 00:28:53,680 | 00:28:57,160 | And I could feel it, like from one minute to the next, | And I could feel it, like from one minute to the next, |
280 | 00:28:57,240 | 00:29:00,440 | "Okay, I trust you. I trust you, human. | "Okay, I trust you. I trust you, human. |
281 | 00:29:01,320 | 00:29:04,040 | And now you can come into my octopus world." | And now you can come into my octopus world." |
282 | 00:29:13,920 | 00:29:15,480 | And she's moving towards me. | And she's moving towards me. |
283 | 00:29:16,320 | 00:29:18,280 | And my natural instinct is... | And my natural instinct is... |
284 | 00:29:19,560 | 00:29:21,120 | to gently back away. | to gently back away. |
285 | 00:29:25,120 | 00:29:28,720 | And then I just wanted to keep still, so I held onto a rock. | And then I just wanted to keep still, so I held onto a rock. |
286 | 00:29:34,440 | 00:29:35,680 | She just kept coming... | She just kept coming... |
287 | 00:29:37,120 | 00:29:38,800 | and then covered my whole hand. | and then covered my whole hand. |
288 | 00:29:39,600 | 00:29:41,760 | I'd been underwater for quite a long time, | I'd been underwater for quite a long time, |
289 | 00:29:42,240 | 00:29:46,960 | so I just gently pushed for the surface, thinking she would move off my hand. | so I just gently pushed for the surface, thinking she would move off my hand. |
290 | 00:29:49,360 | 00:29:53,320 | But she didn't. She just rode on my hand right to the surface. | But she didn't. She just rode on my hand right to the surface. |
291 | 00:29:53,680 | 00:29:57,080 | [gentle orchestral music playing] | [gentle orchestral music playing] |
292 | 00:30:10,480 | 00:30:14,960 | There I was, just staring into the eyes of this incredible creature. | There I was, just staring into the eyes of this incredible creature. |
293 | 00:30:40,880 | 00:30:42,720 | It was difficult to imagine at first | It was difficult to imagine at first |
294 | 00:30:42,800 | 00:30:45,680 | that she was getting anything out of the relationship. | that she was getting anything out of the relationship. |
295 | 00:30:45,760 | 00:30:48,080 | Why would a wild animal, doing its thing, | Why would a wild animal, doing its thing, |
296 | 00:30:48,640 | 00:30:50,400 | get anything out of this | get anything out of this |
297 | 00:30:50,480 | 00:30:52,480 | strange human creature visiting? | strange human creature visiting? |
298 | 00:30:56,960 | 00:30:58,960 | And this is where it gets interesting. | And this is where it gets interesting. |
299 | 00:31:04,280 | 00:31:08,160 | I think quite stimulating for that huge intelligence. | I think quite stimulating for that huge intelligence. |
300 | 00:31:15,240 | 00:31:19,000 | Somehow, she realizes this thing is not dangerous, | Somehow, she realizes this thing is not dangerous, |
301 | 00:31:19,560 | 00:31:22,680 | so you go and you interact with this human. | so you go and you interact with this human. |
302 | 00:31:26,040 | 00:31:30,200 | And perhaps it does give you some strange octopus level of joy. | And perhaps it does give you some strange octopus level of joy. |
303 | 00:31:30,840 | 00:31:34,080 | [delicate piano music playing] | [delicate piano music playing] |
304 | 00:32:01,240 | 00:32:03,720 | When you have that connection with an animal | When you have that connection with an animal |
305 | 00:32:03,800 | 00:32:08,120 | and have those experiences, it's absolutely mind-blowing. | and have those experiences, it's absolutely mind-blowing. |
306 | 00:32:13,920 | 00:32:16,240 | There's no greater feeling on earth. | There's no greater feeling on earth. |
307 | 00:32:24,480 | 00:32:28,400 | The boundaries between her and I seemed to dissolve. | The boundaries between her and I seemed to dissolve. |
308 | 00:32:30,920 | 00:32:33,040 | Just the pure magnificence of her. | Just the pure magnificence of her. |
309 | 00:33:05,320 | 00:33:08,120 | All I could do at the time was just think of her. | All I could do at the time was just think of her. |
310 | 00:33:09,720 | 00:33:11,320 | In the water and on land. | In the water and on land. |
311 | 00:33:14,600 | 00:33:17,640 | I mean, it just became a bit of an obsession. | I mean, it just became a bit of an obsession. |
312 | 00:33:17,720 | 00:33:20,800 | You just want to visit her every day and see what's going on. | You just want to visit her every day and see what's going on. |
313 | 00:33:20,880 | 00:33:22,680 | You can't wait to get back in the water. | You can't wait to get back in the water. |
314 | 00:33:39,960 | 00:33:42,400 | What goes through her mind? What's she thinking? | What goes through her mind? What's she thinking? |
315 | 00:33:44,120 | 00:33:47,360 | Does she dream? If she dreams, what does she dream about? | Does she dream? If she dreams, what does she dream about? |
316 | 00:33:59,800 | 00:34:05,080 | She just ignited my curiosity in a way that I had not experienced before. | She just ignited my curiosity in a way that I had not experienced before. |
317 | 00:34:15,120 | 00:34:17,600 | It's very useful to come back home | It's very useful to come back home |
318 | 00:34:17,680 | 00:34:21,040 | and try and read as many scientific papers as possible. | and try and read as many scientific papers as possible. |
319 | 00:34:23,640 | 00:34:25,320 | She's a common octopus. | She's a common octopus. |
320 | 00:34:25,400 | 00:34:28,400 | Octopus vulgaris is the scientific name. | Octopus vulgaris is the scientific name. |
321 | 00:34:30,480 | 00:34:32,440 | Two-thirds of her cognition | Two-thirds of her cognition |
322 | 00:34:33,600 | 00:34:36,200 | is actually outside of her brain, in her arms. | is actually outside of her brain, in her arms. |
323 | 00:34:38,240 | 00:34:42,440 | Her entire being is thinking, feeling, exploring. | Her entire being is thinking, feeling, exploring. |
324 | 00:34:44,320 | 00:34:48,560 | She's got 2,000 suckers, and she's using all of them independently. | She's got 2,000 suckers, and she's using all of them independently. |
325 | 00:34:49,640 | 00:34:50,640 | How do you do that? | How do you do that? |
326 | 00:34:50,720 | 00:34:52,480 | Imagine having 2,000 fingers. | Imagine having 2,000 fingers. |
327 | 00:34:55,520 | 00:34:58,760 | You can compare her intelligence to a cat or a dog | You can compare her intelligence to a cat or a dog |
328 | 00:34:58,840 | 00:35:01,680 | or even to one of the lower primates. | or even to one of the lower primates. |
329 | 00:35:02,640 | 00:35:05,920 | A mollusk shouldn't be this intelligent. | A mollusk shouldn't be this intelligent. |
330 | 00:35:08,280 | 00:35:12,200 | So many times I'd go and search through the scientific papers, | So many times I'd go and search through the scientific papers, |
331 | 00:35:12,280 | 00:35:14,480 | looking for the strange thing I'd seen. | looking for the strange thing I'd seen. |
332 | 00:35:15,400 | 00:35:18,480 | And then you'd just come up absolutely blank. There's nothing. | And then you'd just come up absolutely blank. There's nothing. |
333 | 00:35:21,400 | 00:35:23,760 | You're going into a place that's under-studied, | You're going into a place that's under-studied, |
334 | 00:35:23,840 | 00:35:29,320 | and, almost on a weekly basis, you can find out something new to science. | and, almost on a weekly basis, you can find out something new to science. |
335 | 00:35:46,280 | 00:35:50,280 | According to the literature, octopus are supposed to be a nocturnal species. | According to the literature, octopus are supposed to be a nocturnal species. |
336 | 00:36:00,920 | 00:36:02,840 | Now, was she more active at night? | Now, was she more active at night? |
337 | 00:36:13,520 | 00:36:15,440 | It was a little bit scary in the dark. | It was a little bit scary in the dark. |
338 | 00:36:15,520 | 00:36:17,400 | [whales moaning] | [whales moaning] |
339 | 00:36:19,240 | 00:36:22,400 | These incredible sounds of the humpback whales | These incredible sounds of the humpback whales |
340 | 00:36:22,480 | 00:36:23,760 | coming through the water. | coming through the water. |
341 | 00:36:29,800 | 00:36:31,560 | You're on hyperalert. | You're on hyperalert. |
342 | 00:36:35,840 | 00:36:37,920 | [whales hooting] | [whales hooting] |
343 | 00:36:49,240 | 00:36:51,560 | I couldn't find her. She wasn't in her den. | I couldn't find her. She wasn't in her den. |
344 | 00:36:53,920 | 00:36:56,720 | I'd kind of given up and was going back to the shore. | I'd kind of given up and was going back to the shore. |
345 | 00:37:01,880 | 00:37:05,480 | Something just made me veer slightly to the left. | Something just made me veer slightly to the left. |
346 | 00:37:10,240 | 00:37:11,320 | And there she is... | And there she is... |
347 | 00:37:12,720 | 00:37:14,960 | right in extremely shallow water. | right in extremely shallow water. |
348 | 00:37:17,800 | 00:37:19,440 | Can't see what she's doing. | Can't see what she's doing. |
349 | 00:37:27,800 | 00:37:30,080 | These lightning-fast strikes. | These lightning-fast strikes. |
350 | 00:37:35,120 | 00:37:37,600 | Using her arm like this strange weapon. | Using her arm like this strange weapon. |
351 | 00:37:40,320 | 00:37:43,960 | Just rolling it up in this fraction of a second. | Just rolling it up in this fraction of a second. |
352 | 00:37:50,520 | 00:37:53,240 | And I saw her catch three fish like this. | And I saw her catch three fish like this. |
353 | 00:37:54,000 | 00:37:56,480 | I'd never seen her catching a fish during the day. | I'd never seen her catching a fish during the day. |
354 | 00:38:00,080 | 00:38:03,880 | Super dangerous out in the deeper forest at night, | Super dangerous out in the deeper forest at night, |
355 | 00:38:04,520 | 00:38:07,520 | so this incredibly clever animal retreats to the shallows, | so this incredibly clever animal retreats to the shallows, |
356 | 00:38:07,600 | 00:38:09,960 | where it's difficult for these sharks to get to, | where it's difficult for these sharks to get to, |
357 | 00:38:10,040 | 00:38:13,560 | and takes advantage of all the wonderful food available there. | and takes advantage of all the wonderful food available there. |
358 | 00:38:43,320 | 00:38:47,280 | The first instinct is to try and scare the sharks away. | The first instinct is to try and scare the sharks away. |
359 | 00:38:48,920 | 00:38:51,040 | But then you realize | But then you realize |
360 | 00:38:51,120 | 00:38:55,200 | that you'd be interfering with the whole process of the forest. | that you'd be interfering with the whole process of the forest. |
361 | 00:39:04,120 | 00:39:08,880 | She was out of the den, moving around near the edge of the forest. | She was out of the den, moving around near the edge of the forest. |
362 | 00:39:16,480 | 00:39:17,600 | I noticed... | I noticed... |
363 | 00:39:18,240 | 00:39:19,120 | the shark. | the shark. |
364 | 00:39:26,480 | 00:39:30,520 | Body was slightly hunched forward and was following the scent trail. | Body was slightly hunched forward and was following the scent trail. |
365 | 00:39:32,600 | 00:39:33,680 | This is not good. | This is not good. |
366 | 00:39:55,320 | 00:39:58,280 | I think, "Thank God she's safe. She's right under the rock." | I think, "Thank God she's safe. She's right under the rock." |
367 | 00:40:03,040 | 00:40:05,840 | These things are coming right into that crack. | These things are coming right into that crack. |
368 | 00:40:12,480 | 00:40:17,080 | And the next minute, the shark is actually clamped down on one of her arms, | And the next minute, the shark is actually clamped down on one of her arms, |
369 | 00:40:17,160 | 00:40:19,000 | doing this terrifying death roll. | doing this terrifying death roll. |
370 | 00:40:31,520 | 00:40:32,960 | And I can clearly see... | And I can clearly see... |
371 | 00:40:34,080 | 00:40:35,560 | her severed arm in its mouth. | her severed arm in its mouth. |
372 | 00:40:40,600 | 00:40:42,960 | [gasps, sighs] | [gasps, sighs] |
373 | 00:40:43,040 | 00:40:45,320 | You had that terrible feeling in your stomach. | You had that terrible feeling in your stomach. |
374 | 00:41:04,720 | 00:41:07,840 | And thank God she managed to get really deep in that crack. | And thank God she managed to get really deep in that crack. |
375 | 00:41:27,320 | 00:41:32,440 | She was moving very badly, slowly, very weak. | She was moving very badly, slowly, very weak. |
376 | 00:41:40,760 | 00:41:43,880 | She's bleeding. That smell's in the water. | She's bleeding. That smell's in the water. |
377 | 00:41:49,920 | 00:41:52,200 | There's quite a distance to the den. | There's quite a distance to the den. |
378 | 00:41:59,640 | 00:42:01,560 | Are these sharks gonna pitch up again? | Are these sharks gonna pitch up again? |
379 | 00:42:15,920 | 00:42:19,440 | I thought about helping her back physically to the den. | I thought about helping her back physically to the den. |
380 | 00:42:28,600 | 00:42:30,160 | But, luckily, I didn't need to. | But, luckily, I didn't need to. |
381 | 00:42:49,680 | 00:42:50,800 | I didn't know... | I didn't know... |
382 | 00:42:52,080 | 00:42:55,960 | what was gonna happen to her or if this would make her weak and vulnerable, | what was gonna happen to her or if this would make her weak and vulnerable, |
383 | 00:42:56,040 | 00:42:58,760 | and they'd finish her off that night. | and they'd finish her off that night. |
384 | 00:43:05,720 | 00:43:07,280 | And I couldn't help feeling... | And I couldn't help feeling... |
385 | 00:43:07,920 | 00:43:10,120 | had I been responsible for this? | had I been responsible for this? |
386 | 00:43:12,000 | 00:43:13,840 | Was she out because I was there? | Was she out because I was there? |
387 | 00:43:15,680 | 00:43:17,040 | I felt very vulnerable. | I felt very vulnerable. |
388 | 00:43:17,600 | 00:43:22,760 | As if somehow what happened to her had happened to me in some strange way. | As if somehow what happened to her had happened to me in some strange way. |
389 | 00:43:29,920 | 00:43:35,000 | And then this almost felt, psychologically, like I was... | And then this almost felt, psychologically, like I was... |
390 | 00:43:35,720 | 00:43:37,600 | going through a type of dismembering. | going through a type of dismembering. |
391 | 00:43:38,240 | 00:43:42,200 | You start thinking about your own death and your own vulnerability, | You start thinking about your own death and your own vulnerability, |
392 | 00:43:42,280 | 00:43:44,680 | worried about your family, your child. | worried about your family, your child. |
393 | 00:43:47,000 | 00:43:52,000 | I hadn't been a person that was overly sentimental towards animals before. | I hadn't been a person that was overly sentimental towards animals before. |
394 | 00:43:52,720 | 00:43:54,240 | I realized I was changing. | I realized I was changing. |
395 | 00:43:56,680 | 00:44:00,600 | She was teaching me to become sensitized to the other. | She was teaching me to become sensitized to the other. |
396 | 00:44:02,520 | 00:44:04,600 | Especially wild creatures. | Especially wild creatures. |
397 | 00:44:28,960 | 00:44:32,840 | A scary feeling, going into the water early the next day. | A scary feeling, going into the water early the next day. |
398 | 00:44:47,160 | 00:44:50,600 | I was very relieved that she was alive, breathing. | I was very relieved that she was alive, breathing. |
399 | 00:44:54,440 | 00:44:58,520 | She's so weak that she can't make those vibrant colors of a healthy octopus, | She's so weak that she can't make those vibrant colors of a healthy octopus, |
400 | 00:44:58,600 | 00:45:00,240 | and she's just dull and white. | and she's just dull and white. |
401 | 00:45:10,720 | 00:45:13,680 | And now I'm worried, "How is she getting food?" | And now I'm worried, "How is she getting food?" |
402 | 00:45:20,000 | 00:45:21,920 | You are crossing a line | You are crossing a line |
403 | 00:45:22,000 | 00:45:24,160 | when you interfere in the lives of animals. | when you interfere in the lives of animals. |
404 | 00:45:24,800 | 00:45:27,600 | But I was just too overcome | But I was just too overcome |
405 | 00:45:28,240 | 00:45:30,520 | with my feelings for her. | with my feelings for her. |
406 | 00:45:38,160 | 00:45:39,720 | I don't think it really helped. | I don't think it really helped. |
407 | 00:45:42,280 | 00:45:47,960 | And she's right at the back of the den, you know, just not moving much. | And she's right at the back of the den, you know, just not moving much. |
408 | 00:45:51,240 | 00:45:54,400 | I was just checking every day to see if she was okay, | I was just checking every day to see if she was okay, |
409 | 00:45:55,000 | 00:45:57,880 | wondering, "Is this the last day? Am I not gonna see her?" | wondering, "Is this the last day? Am I not gonna see her?" |
410 | 00:46:14,120 | 00:46:17,520 | The big relief came a week or so later, | The big relief came a week or so later, |
411 | 00:46:18,560 | 00:46:22,120 | and I could see it had sort of healed over pretty fast. | and I could see it had sort of healed over pretty fast. |
412 | 00:46:27,160 | 00:46:31,440 | And then the most amazing thing, to see this... | And then the most amazing thing, to see this... |
413 | 00:46:32,120 | 00:46:35,920 | tiny little miniature, perfect miniature arm... | tiny little miniature, perfect miniature arm... |
414 | 00:46:36,720 | 00:46:37,840 | starting to grow back. | starting to grow back. |
415 | 00:46:46,720 | 00:46:49,360 | And it gave me a strange sort of confidence | And it gave me a strange sort of confidence |
416 | 00:46:49,840 | 00:46:54,120 | that she can get past this incredible difficulty. | that she can get past this incredible difficulty. |
417 | 00:46:54,920 | 00:46:59,080 | And I felt, in my life, I was getting past the difficulties I had. | And I felt, in my life, I was getting past the difficulties I had. |
418 | 00:47:01,840 | 00:47:05,320 | In this strange way, our lives were mirroring each other. | In this strange way, our lives were mirroring each other. |
419 | 00:47:13,280 | 00:47:16,800 | My relationship with people, with humans was changing. | My relationship with people, with humans was changing. |
420 | 00:47:21,120 | 00:47:25,560 | My son, at this stage, was very interested in everything underwater. | My son, at this stage, was very interested in everything underwater. |
421 | 00:47:26,720 | 00:47:30,280 | [soothing orchestral music plays] | [soothing orchestral music plays] |
422 | 00:47:44,720 | 00:47:47,200 | And every day, I'd tell him the stories. | And every day, I'd tell him the stories. |
423 | 00:47:55,120 | 00:47:56,760 | He'd seen her. He'd met her. | He'd seen her. He'd met her. |
424 | 00:47:56,840 | 00:47:58,680 | I'd taken him so many times. | I'd taken him so many times. |
425 | 00:48:04,120 | 00:48:05,960 | The arm becomes pretty functional, | The arm becomes pretty functional, |
426 | 00:48:06,520 | 00:48:07,840 | even when it's half grown. | even when it's half grown. |
427 | 00:48:25,080 | 00:48:28,360 | And then, slowly, as the arm grew, she grew her confidence back. | And then, slowly, as the arm grew, she grew her confidence back. |
428 | 00:48:33,240 | 00:48:37,160 | Eventually, about 100 days later, that arm had fully regrown. | Eventually, about 100 days later, that arm had fully regrown. |
429 | 00:48:46,000 | 00:48:49,480 | An amazing feeling to think that this animal is capable of that | An amazing feeling to think that this animal is capable of that |
430 | 00:48:49,560 | 00:48:52,880 | and can withstand such an attack and fully recover. | and can withstand such an attack and fully recover. |
431 | 00:49:17,960 | 00:49:22,480 | After a while, she was just carrying on with her normal activities, | After a while, she was just carrying on with her normal activities, |
432 | 00:49:22,560 | 00:49:26,680 | so I then started a whole new development | so I then started a whole new development |
433 | 00:49:27,160 | 00:49:30,320 | of seeing even deeper into her world. | of seeing even deeper into her world. |
434 | 00:49:37,000 | 00:49:39,880 | It was a nice, calm, clear day. | It was a nice, calm, clear day. |
435 | 00:49:41,440 | 00:49:44,800 | She comes around a corner and spots a crab. | She comes around a corner and spots a crab. |
436 | 00:49:49,160 | 00:49:50,720 | The problem when you're a crab, | The problem when you're a crab, |
437 | 00:49:51,560 | 00:49:54,080 | you're being now hunted by a liquid animal. | you're being now hunted by a liquid animal. |
438 | 00:49:56,040 | 00:49:59,360 | She can pour herself through a tiny little crack. | She can pour herself through a tiny little crack. |
439 | 00:50:08,320 | 00:50:10,440 | And the crab seems to sense her | And the crab seems to sense her |
440 | 00:50:10,920 | 00:50:16,680 | and goes and hides underneath a big, poisonous anemone. | and goes and hides underneath a big, poisonous anemone. |
441 | 00:50:20,320 | 00:50:22,680 | And then she waits and hides. | And then she waits and hides. |
442 | 00:50:23,640 | 00:50:26,640 | [tense orchestral music plays] | [tense orchestral music plays] |
443 | 00:50:46,960 | 00:50:50,200 | And then the crab thinks, "Okay, everything's all right," | And then the crab thinks, "Okay, everything's all right," |
444 | 00:50:50,680 | 00:50:54,040 | and makes the mistake of leaving that anemone. | and makes the mistake of leaving that anemone. |
445 | 00:52:12,280 | 00:52:15,400 | [dramatic music playing] | [dramatic music playing] |
446 | 00:52:35,640 | 00:52:36,960 | She's quite a messy eater. | She's quite a messy eater. |
447 | 00:52:37,040 | 00:52:39,320 | Bits going everywhere. The smell's going out. | Bits going everywhere. The smell's going out. |
448 | 00:52:40,960 | 00:52:45,680 | And then you just look around, and you see these brittle stars, | And then you just look around, and you see these brittle stars, |
449 | 00:52:45,760 | 00:52:49,280 | surprisingly fast, just being drawn to her. | surprisingly fast, just being drawn to her. |
450 | 00:52:55,800 | 00:52:58,880 | Just a mass of them sort of overwhelm her, | Just a mass of them sort of overwhelm her, |
451 | 00:52:58,960 | 00:53:02,200 | and she doesn't seem sure of what to do or how to deal with them. | and she doesn't seem sure of what to do or how to deal with them. |
452 | 00:53:04,240 | 00:53:06,920 | So I thought, "Yeah, this is like a real problem now. | So I thought, "Yeah, this is like a real problem now. |
453 | 00:53:07,200 | 00:53:11,480 | She's always gonna have this problem of brittle stars taking all her food." | She's always gonna have this problem of brittle stars taking all her food." |
454 | 00:53:16,480 | 00:53:19,160 | Not that long in the future, | Not that long in the future, |
455 | 00:53:19,240 | 00:53:23,080 | she's thought, "Okay, brittle stars are stealing my food," | she's thought, "Okay, brittle stars are stealing my food," |
456 | 00:53:23,160 | 00:53:26,760 | and has this amazing method of just picking them up with her suckers | and has this amazing method of just picking them up with her suckers |
457 | 00:53:26,840 | 00:53:29,080 | and gently just throwing them out the den. | and gently just throwing them out the den. |
458 | 00:53:32,440 | 00:53:34,160 | Now she's completely the boss. | Now she's completely the boss. |
459 | 00:53:43,960 | 00:53:48,560 | She initially adopted the same method to crab hunting with lobster. | She initially adopted the same method to crab hunting with lobster. |
460 | 00:53:52,320 | 00:53:53,600 | You just suddenly see... | You just suddenly see... |
461 | 00:53:54,640 | 00:53:56,800 | lobsters just shooting out of the reef. | lobsters just shooting out of the reef. |
462 | 00:54:16,520 | 00:54:19,560 | I'm thinking now, "She's definitely gonna catch this one." | I'm thinking now, "She's definitely gonna catch this one." |
463 | 00:54:30,680 | 00:54:32,760 | Time and time again, they just evade her. | Time and time again, they just evade her. |
464 | 00:54:40,560 | 00:54:42,840 | And then, a couple of weeks later, | And then, a couple of weeks later, |
465 | 00:54:43,360 | 00:54:46,400 | watching her coming round the side, | watching her coming round the side, |
466 | 00:54:47,600 | 00:54:49,800 | corralling me so that | corralling me so that |
467 | 00:54:49,880 | 00:54:53,360 | she can then get between the lobster and myself. | she can then get between the lobster and myself. |
468 | 00:54:53,440 | 00:54:56,680 | Using me as part of her hunting strategy. | Using me as part of her hunting strategy. |
469 | 00:55:00,720 | 00:55:02,520 | And instead of that messy lunge... | And instead of that messy lunge... |
470 | 00:55:04,800 | 00:55:07,160 | throwing her web over the top. | throwing her web over the top. |
471 | 00:55:10,320 | 00:55:12,240 | And then there's nowhere for it to go. | And then there's nowhere for it to go. |
472 | 00:55:20,600 | 00:55:23,000 | This is an animal that is strategizing | This is an animal that is strategizing |
473 | 00:55:23,520 | 00:55:29,440 | and working out very quickly how best to hunt a very tricky prey. | and working out very quickly how best to hunt a very tricky prey. |
474 | 00:55:36,920 | 00:55:39,480 | A lot of her intelligence is built | A lot of her intelligence is built |
475 | 00:55:39,960 | 00:55:42,920 | from the sheer number of prey that she has to catch. | from the sheer number of prey that she has to catch. |
476 | 00:55:43,640 | 00:55:45,120 | All sorts of animals. | All sorts of animals. |
477 | 00:55:46,520 | 00:55:50,280 | All the mollusks she is capturing, they're quite easy to catch, | All the mollusks she is capturing, they're quite easy to catch, |
478 | 00:55:50,880 | 00:55:53,280 | but they've got these incredibly hard shells. | but they've got these incredibly hard shells. |
479 | 00:55:57,520 | 00:56:02,200 | Now, how the hell does she kill and eat them? | Now, how the hell does she kill and eat them? |
480 | 00:56:06,200 | 00:56:07,960 | At the base of all those arms, | At the base of all those arms, |
481 | 00:56:08,040 | 00:56:10,720 | there's a drill that can drill through hard shell | there's a drill that can drill through hard shell |
482 | 00:56:13,440 | 00:56:16,880 | and then drop venom in there, like a snake, | and then drop venom in there, like a snake, |
483 | 00:56:17,440 | 00:56:19,800 | and see how that mollusk reacts. | and see how that mollusk reacts. |
484 | 00:56:23,560 | 00:56:26,720 | But some of these mollusks will only relax | But some of these mollusks will only relax |
485 | 00:56:26,800 | 00:56:30,520 | if that drill is precisely in the apex of the shell, | if that drill is precisely in the apex of the shell, |
486 | 00:56:31,400 | 00:56:32,600 | on the abductor muscle. | on the abductor muscle. |
487 | 00:56:36,160 | 00:56:38,200 | She basically has to do geometry | She basically has to do geometry |
488 | 00:56:38,280 | 00:56:43,320 | to work out exactly the precise spot where she needs to drill that shell | to work out exactly the precise spot where she needs to drill that shell |
489 | 00:56:43,400 | 00:56:44,680 | in order to get her food. | in order to get her food. |
490 | 00:56:48,760 | 00:56:52,120 | This is high-level invertebrate intelligence. | This is high-level invertebrate intelligence. |
491 | 00:56:53,080 | 00:56:58,120 | Her ability to learn and remember details. | Her ability to learn and remember details. |
492 | 00:57:01,360 | 00:57:05,080 | And it hit me how she was teaching me so much. | And it hit me how she was teaching me so much. |
493 | 00:57:11,240 | 00:57:15,360 | You just can't wait to get up in the morning, 'cause there's so much to do | You just can't wait to get up in the morning, 'cause there's so much to do |
494 | 00:57:15,960 | 00:57:19,960 | to understand every little tiny mark, | to understand every little tiny mark, |
495 | 00:57:20,040 | 00:57:21,240 | every little behavior, | every little behavior, |
496 | 00:57:21,320 | 00:57:24,880 | every species and what they're doing, how they're interacting. | every species and what they're doing, how they're interacting. |
497 | 00:57:33,400 | 00:57:36,560 | People ask, "Why are you going to the same place every day?" | People ask, "Why are you going to the same place every day?" |
498 | 00:57:37,240 | 00:57:40,240 | But that's when you see the subtle differences. | But that's when you see the subtle differences. |
499 | 00:57:40,960 | 00:57:43,040 | And that's when you get to know the wild. | And that's when you get to know the wild. |
500 | 00:57:46,240 | 00:57:49,920 | So when these thousands of threads going off from the octopus | So when these thousands of threads going off from the octopus |
501 | 00:57:50,000 | 00:57:52,520 | to all the other animals, predator and prey, | to all the other animals, predator and prey, |
502 | 00:57:52,600 | 00:57:54,680 | and then this incredible forest, | and then this incredible forest, |
503 | 00:57:55,560 | 00:57:57,200 | um, just nurturing all of this. | um, just nurturing all of this. |
504 | 00:58:01,840 | 00:58:05,360 | And now I know how the helmet shell is connected to the urchin | And now I know how the helmet shell is connected to the urchin |
505 | 00:58:05,440 | 00:58:08,040 | and how the octopus is connected to the helmet shell. | and how the octopus is connected to the helmet shell. |
506 | 00:58:08,120 | 00:58:10,760 | And as I draw all these lines, | And as I draw all these lines, |
507 | 00:58:10,840 | 00:58:13,440 | all these stories are just being thrown up. | all these stories are just being thrown up. |
508 | 00:58:28,600 | 00:58:30,360 | It's almost like the forest mind. | It's almost like the forest mind. |
509 | 00:58:32,080 | 00:58:36,000 | I really could feel it. That big creature. | I really could feel it. That big creature. |
510 | 00:58:37,000 | 00:58:40,680 | It was thousands of times more awake and intelligent than I am. | It was thousands of times more awake and intelligent than I am. |
511 | 00:58:42,920 | 00:58:47,800 | This is like a giant underwater brain operating over millions of years. | This is like a giant underwater brain operating over millions of years. |
512 | 00:58:51,040 | 00:58:53,160 | And it just keeps everything in balance. | And it just keeps everything in balance. |
513 | 00:59:04,800 | 00:59:07,560 | Everything seemed, at this point... | Everything seemed, at this point... |
514 | 00:59:08,560 | 00:59:10,360 | sort of perfect in the forest. | sort of perfect in the forest. |
515 | 00:59:16,160 | 00:59:18,120 | And, of course, you know... | And, of course, you know... |
516 | 00:59:18,440 | 00:59:20,360 | [chuckling] ...you've forgotten... | [chuckling] ...you've forgotten... |
517 | 00:59:21,280 | 00:59:23,520 | those predators are ever present. | those predators are ever present. |
518 | 00:59:43,280 | 00:59:45,680 | [ominous music playing] | [ominous music playing] |
519 | 01:00:06,120 | 01:00:07,160 | Just have this... | Just have this... |
520 | 01:00:08,800 | 01:00:13,240 | burnt in my memory, this, like, huge shark just suddenly approaching her. | burnt in my memory, this, like, huge shark just suddenly approaching her. |
521 | 01:00:21,440 | 01:00:24,000 | She kept still and tried to hide. | She kept still and tried to hide. |
522 | 01:00:29,840 | 01:00:34,320 | Then you just saw the shark swimming on the periphery, picking up her scent. | Then you just saw the shark swimming on the periphery, picking up her scent. |
523 | 01:00:41,960 | 01:00:44,760 | And I thought, "Oh, no, this is this whole... | And I thought, "Oh, no, this is this whole... |
524 | 01:00:46,360 | 01:00:47,840 | nightmare happening again." | nightmare happening again." |
525 | 01:00:47,920 | 01:00:50,360 | [suspenseful music playing] | [suspenseful music playing] |
526 | 01:01:14,840 | 01:01:17,480 | [tense, propulsive music plays] | [tense, propulsive music plays] |
527 | 01:01:46,000 | 01:01:47,960 | She jets up in the canopy, | She jets up in the canopy, |
528 | 01:01:48,040 | 01:01:53,320 | and she's wrapping many leaves of kelp tightly around her body | and she's wrapping many leaves of kelp tightly around her body |
529 | 01:01:54,520 | 01:01:55,960 | and then just peering out. | and then just peering out. |
530 | 01:02:21,520 | 01:02:23,320 | All the smell's on the kelp, | All the smell's on the kelp, |
531 | 01:02:23,400 | 01:02:26,200 | so the shark's now biting and snapping at the kelp. | so the shark's now biting and snapping at the kelp. |
532 | 01:02:44,720 | 01:02:46,160 | She's shot out the back. | She's shot out the back. |
533 | 01:02:57,280 | 01:02:59,280 | [heavy breathing] | [heavy breathing] |
534 | 01:03:00,720 | 01:03:04,200 | She just climbs out over a rock, leaves the water, and I was like... | She just climbs out over a rock, leaves the water, and I was like... |
535 | 01:03:09,080 | 01:03:12,680 | I just, you know... almost can't believe my eyes. | I just, you know... almost can't believe my eyes. |
536 | 01:03:17,120 | 01:03:20,320 | But the problem is, of course, she's gotta come back. | But the problem is, of course, she's gotta come back. |
537 | 01:03:29,240 | 01:03:32,200 | On the other side, the shark picks up her scent again. | On the other side, the shark picks up her scent again. |
538 | 01:03:33,320 | 01:03:35,280 | And this crazy chase is on. | And this crazy chase is on. |
539 | 01:03:36,720 | 01:03:39,160 | [suspenseful music playing] | [suspenseful music playing] |
540 | 01:04:07,840 | 01:04:09,840 | And then, I see her, | And then, I see her, |
541 | 01:04:10,880 | 01:04:13,040 | in a very quick movement, | in a very quick movement, |
542 | 01:04:14,080 | 01:04:18,120 | picking up maybe close to 100 shells and stones... | picking up maybe close to 100 shells and stones... |
543 | 01:04:20,920 | 01:04:23,320 | and then folding her arms | and then folding her arms |
544 | 01:04:23,640 | 01:04:25,120 | over her vulnerable head. | over her vulnerable head. |
545 | 01:04:26,800 | 01:04:27,960 | And in that moment, | And in that moment, |
546 | 01:04:28,600 | 01:04:31,360 | I realized, "This is this crazy thing I saw... | I realized, "This is this crazy thing I saw... |
547 | 01:04:32,440 | 01:04:33,320 | so long ago." | so long ago." |
548 | 01:04:59,840 | 01:05:01,960 | Next minute, the shark grabs her. | Next minute, the shark grabs her. |
549 | 01:05:04,880 | 01:05:06,360 | [suspenseful music playing] | [suspenseful music playing] |
550 | 01:05:24,520 | 01:05:25,840 | But I had to breathe. | But I had to breathe. |
551 | 01:05:26,880 | 01:05:28,920 | Rush to the surface as fast as you can. | Rush to the surface as fast as you can. |
552 | 01:05:31,760 | 01:05:33,160 | Straight back down again. | Straight back down again. |
553 | 01:05:38,840 | 01:05:41,600 | And it's like, "Okay, now, this is too crazy." | And it's like, "Okay, now, this is too crazy." |
554 | 01:05:42,480 | 01:05:47,720 | Somehow she's managed to maneuver herself into the least dangerous place, | Somehow she's managed to maneuver herself into the least dangerous place, |
555 | 01:05:47,800 | 01:05:49,560 | and that's on the shark's back. | and that's on the shark's back. |
556 | 01:06:01,240 | 01:06:04,160 | The shark tries to shake her off and is swimming away. | The shark tries to shake her off and is swimming away. |
557 | 01:06:06,840 | 01:06:08,600 | Takes a few seconds to figure out, | Takes a few seconds to figure out, |
558 | 01:06:09,120 | 01:06:10,760 | "What the hell's going on here?" | "What the hell's going on here?" |
559 | 01:06:10,840 | 01:06:12,560 | But you can immediately tell | But you can immediately tell |
560 | 01:06:13,120 | 01:06:14,840 | she's now got the upper hand. | she's now got the upper hand. |
561 | 01:06:14,920 | 01:06:16,920 | [mellow music playing] | [mellow music playing] |
562 | 01:06:27,920 | 01:06:30,720 | As the shark goes near some of the thick kelp... | As the shark goes near some of the thick kelp... |
563 | 01:06:32,920 | 01:06:34,640 | she just pushes off the back... | she just pushes off the back... |
564 | 01:06:46,400 | 01:06:48,200 | drops the remaining shells | drops the remaining shells |
565 | 01:06:49,200 | 01:06:50,400 | and jets away. | and jets away. |
566 | 01:06:56,600 | 01:06:59,600 | And the shark, it's just been completely outwitted. | And the shark, it's just been completely outwitted. |
567 | 01:07:32,800 | 01:07:35,720 | The shark comes, does one pass, | The shark comes, does one pass, |
568 | 01:07:35,800 | 01:07:38,760 | but she's completely safe. There's nothing it can do. | but she's completely safe. There's nothing it can do. |
569 | 01:07:39,440 | 01:07:40,400 | And it leaves. | And it leaves. |
570 | 01:07:45,720 | 01:07:51,000 | How she can think that quickly and make those life-and-death decisions, | How she can think that quickly and make those life-and-death decisions, |
571 | 01:07:51,080 | 01:07:55,080 | uh, it's just, yeah, pretty, pretty incredible. | uh, it's just, yeah, pretty, pretty incredible. |
572 | 01:08:18,360 | 01:08:22,680 | I was around for a good 80 percent of her life. | I was around for a good 80 percent of her life. |
573 | 01:08:24,440 | 01:08:27,440 | Each moment is so precious because it's so short. | Each moment is so precious because it's so short. |
574 | 01:08:31,280 | 01:08:33,040 | There was this one incredible day. | There was this one incredible day. |
575 | 01:08:34,080 | 01:08:35,960 | A big shoal of dream fish. | A big shoal of dream fish. |
576 | 01:08:37,720 | 01:08:39,160 | Fairly shallow water. | Fairly shallow water. |
577 | 01:08:41,560 | 01:08:43,040 | Suddenly, she's... | Suddenly, she's... |
578 | 01:08:43,840 | 01:08:46,080 | reaching up for the surface like that. | reaching up for the surface like that. |
579 | 01:08:51,920 | 01:08:53,080 | Initially, I thought... | Initially, I thought... |
580 | 01:08:54,120 | 01:08:55,400 | "She's hunting the fish." | "She's hunting the fish." |
581 | 01:09:02,240 | 01:09:03,880 | Then I was like, "Hold on. | Then I was like, "Hold on. |
582 | 01:09:04,360 | 01:09:07,240 | When she hunts, she's strategic, and she's like... | When she hunts, she's strategic, and she's like... |
583 | 01:09:07,840 | 01:09:09,040 | focused. | focused. |
584 | 01:09:14,920 | 01:09:17,600 | This behavior doesn't feel predatory to me." | This behavior doesn't feel predatory to me." |
585 | 01:09:21,640 | 01:09:24,520 | It took a long time to actually, like, process it. | It took a long time to actually, like, process it. |
586 | 01:09:26,520 | 01:09:28,280 | But I couldn't help thinking, | But I couldn't help thinking, |
587 | 01:09:28,360 | 01:09:30,280 | "She's playing with the fish." | "She's playing with the fish." |
588 | 01:09:30,360 | 01:09:34,080 | [gentle piano music plays] | [gentle piano music plays] |
589 | 01:09:45,040 | 01:09:47,960 | You see play often in social animals. | You see play often in social animals. |
590 | 01:09:48,040 | 01:09:53,000 | Here's a highly antisocial animal playing with fish. | Here's a highly antisocial animal playing with fish. |
591 | 01:09:56,480 | 01:09:58,600 | It takes that animal to a different level. | It takes that animal to a different level. |
592 | 01:10:10,400 | 01:10:12,880 | Oh, then she completely lost interest in the fish, | Oh, then she completely lost interest in the fish, |
593 | 01:10:13,960 | 01:10:15,000 | rushed over... | rushed over... |
594 | 01:10:18,000 | 01:10:19,040 | grabbed hold of me. | grabbed hold of me. |
595 | 01:10:30,920 | 01:10:34,400 | And that was the last time we had physical contact. | And that was the last time we had physical contact. |
596 | 01:10:53,680 | 01:10:55,880 | [thunder rumbling] | [thunder rumbling] |
597 | 01:11:05,000 | 01:11:06,360 | If I think back, | If I think back, |
598 | 01:11:07,440 | 01:11:10,520 | and I remember it was a very rough day, very turbulent. | and I remember it was a very rough day, very turbulent. |
599 | 01:11:17,720 | 01:11:18,880 | Sediment everywhere. | Sediment everywhere. |
600 | 01:11:22,440 | 01:11:23,680 | Go down and whoa, | Go down and whoa, |
601 | 01:11:24,560 | 01:11:27,080 | there's another big octopus right next to her. | there's another big octopus right next to her. |
602 | 01:11:34,520 | 01:11:38,000 | It's very, very rare to see two octopus close together. | It's very, very rare to see two octopus close together. |
603 | 01:11:40,560 | 01:11:42,120 | "Oh, my God, what's going on?" | "Oh, my God, what's going on?" |
604 | 01:11:48,360 | 01:11:51,800 | And then seeing that both animals are pretty relaxed | And then seeing that both animals are pretty relaxed |
605 | 01:11:51,880 | 01:11:55,120 | and realizing, "Okay, and then the mating is beginning." | and realizing, "Okay, and then the mating is beginning." |
606 | 01:12:07,080 | 01:12:12,280 | By this stage, I knew quite well the stages of an octopus's life. | By this stage, I knew quite well the stages of an octopus's life. |
607 | 01:12:12,840 | 01:12:16,800 | So while I was very excited that this mating was beginning, | So while I was very excited that this mating was beginning, |
608 | 01:12:17,400 | 01:12:18,520 | there was a sort of... | there was a sort of... |
609 | 01:12:19,360 | 01:12:22,200 | this dread in the bottom of my stomach. | this dread in the bottom of my stomach. |
610 | 01:12:31,400 | 01:12:33,120 | She wasn't coming out of that den. | She wasn't coming out of that den. |
611 | 01:12:33,600 | 01:12:37,480 | There was no more feeding, no more hunting. | There was no more feeding, no more hunting. |
612 | 01:12:39,120 | 01:12:43,280 | A huge part of her body is actually given to those eggs. | A huge part of her body is actually given to those eggs. |
613 | 01:12:43,360 | 01:12:48,160 | So she drops in weight, and she loses an enormous amount of strength. | So she drops in weight, and she loses an enormous amount of strength. |
614 | 01:12:53,040 | 01:12:55,720 | The eggs are laid right in the back, in the dark. | The eggs are laid right in the back, in the dark. |
615 | 01:12:56,280 | 01:12:57,760 | It's impossible to see them. | It's impossible to see them. |
616 | 01:13:04,560 | 01:13:06,920 | I just keep going every day and just check. | I just keep going every day and just check. |
617 | 01:13:09,120 | 01:13:13,200 | She's oxygenating the eggs with her siphon, looking after them. | She's oxygenating the eggs with her siphon, looking after them. |
618 | 01:13:14,440 | 01:13:16,320 | She's just slowly dying | She's just slowly dying |
619 | 01:13:16,400 | 01:13:21,000 | and timing her death exactly for the hatching of those eggs. | and timing her death exactly for the hatching of those eggs. |
620 | 01:13:27,040 | 01:13:29,680 | I mean, it struck home so hard for me. | I mean, it struck home so hard for me. |
621 | 01:13:32,000 | 01:13:35,920 | Here's an invertebrate, essentially a mollusk, | Here's an invertebrate, essentially a mollusk, |
622 | 01:13:36,000 | 01:13:38,080 | sacrificing her own life | sacrificing her own life |
623 | 01:13:38,720 | 01:13:39,800 | for her young. | for her young. |
624 | 01:13:52,400 | 01:13:54,720 | All those eggs hatched. | All those eggs hatched. |
625 | 01:13:55,240 | 01:13:59,120 | They're tiny, and they go into the water column. | They're tiny, and they go into the water column. |
626 | 01:13:59,760 | 01:14:01,360 | Hundreds of thousands of them. | Hundreds of thousands of them. |
627 | 01:14:07,720 | 01:14:12,600 | And the next thing I saw, she's washed out the den, barely alive. | And the next thing I saw, she's washed out the den, barely alive. |
628 | 01:14:16,600 | 01:14:18,960 | [gentle, moving music playing] | [gentle, moving music playing] |
629 | 01:14:19,040 | 01:14:21,240 | And the fish, you know, feeding on her. | And the fish, you know, feeding on her. |
630 | 01:14:21,320 | 01:14:23,840 | A lot of the scavengers coming to feed on her. | A lot of the scavengers coming to feed on her. |
631 | 01:14:27,080 | 01:14:28,640 | It was just heartbreaking. | It was just heartbreaking. |
632 | 01:14:35,520 | 01:14:38,520 | A part of me just wanted to hold her and chase them away. | A part of me just wanted to hold her and chase them away. |
633 | 01:14:40,200 | 01:14:41,440 | But I didn't do that. | But I didn't do that. |
634 | 01:14:55,320 | 01:14:56,360 | The next day... | The next day... |
635 | 01:14:58,200 | 01:14:59,160 | a big shark came... | a big shark came... |
636 | 01:15:12,040 | 01:15:16,960 | and just took her away, you know, into the misty forest. | and just took her away, you know, into the misty forest. |
637 | 01:15:30,600 | 01:15:34,160 | Often, I go to the place of her main den. | Often, I go to the place of her main den. |
638 | 01:15:36,200 | 01:15:37,200 | [sighs] | [sighs] |
639 | 01:15:39,600 | 01:15:42,320 | And I just float above it and feel her there. | And I just float above it and feel her there. |
640 | 01:15:44,560 | 01:15:46,320 | [choking up] Of course I miss her. | [choking up] Of course I miss her. |
641 | 01:15:48,720 | 01:15:49,600 | Um... | Um... |
642 | 01:15:54,240 | 01:15:55,120 | [sighs] | [sighs] |
643 | 01:15:59,000 | 01:15:59,920 | But, um... | But, um... |
644 | 01:16:05,040 | 01:16:07,560 | I mean, in some crazy way, it was a relief. | I mean, in some crazy way, it was a relief. |
645 | 01:16:10,840 | 01:16:16,760 | It was a relief, because the intensity of going every day and tracking her, um... | It was a relief, because the intensity of going every day and tracking her, um... |
646 | 01:16:18,200 | 01:16:20,640 | and trying to capture, it was... | and trying to capture, it was... |
647 | 01:16:22,360 | 01:16:23,480 | It was tough in a way. | It was tough in a way. |
648 | 01:16:23,560 | 01:16:25,640 | I mean, I sort of slept, dreamt... | I mean, I sort of slept, dreamt... |
649 | 01:16:27,560 | 01:16:28,520 | this animal. | this animal. |
650 | 01:16:28,600 | 01:16:30,440 | I was... You know, I was... | I was... You know, I was... |
651 | 01:16:32,840 | 01:16:35,080 | in my mind, thinking like an octopus. | in my mind, thinking like an octopus. |
652 | 01:16:35,160 | 01:16:38,320 | And... and it was all so taxing, in a way. | And... and it was all so taxing, in a way. |
653 | 01:16:39,120 | 01:16:40,200 | Um... | Um... |
654 | 01:16:44,280 | 01:16:48,200 | [delicate, reflective music plays] | [delicate, reflective music plays] |
655 | 01:16:51,720 | 01:16:53,200 | But underneath that, | But underneath that, |
656 | 01:16:53,760 | 01:16:56,560 | this incredible pride for this animal | this incredible pride for this animal |
657 | 01:16:56,640 | 01:17:01,160 | that's been through impossible odds to get to this place. | that's been through impossible odds to get to this place. |
658 | 01:17:03,920 | 01:17:06,000 | I mean, an unimaginable life. | I mean, an unimaginable life. |
659 | 01:17:25,040 | 01:17:28,240 | [ethereal vocal music playing] | [ethereal vocal music playing] |
660 | 01:17:31,120 | 01:17:36,160 | One of the most exciting things ever in my life, taking my son, | One of the most exciting things ever in my life, taking my son, |
661 | 01:17:37,160 | 01:17:38,960 | walking along the shore | walking along the shore |
662 | 01:17:39,040 | 01:17:42,200 | and just showing him the... the wonders of nature | and just showing him the... the wonders of nature |
663 | 01:17:42,280 | 01:17:43,360 | and the details | and the details |
664 | 01:17:43,440 | 01:17:45,120 | and the intricacies. | and the intricacies. |
665 | 01:17:50,560 | 01:17:54,120 | I was getting so much from the wild, and I could actually now give. | I was getting so much from the wild, and I could actually now give. |
666 | 01:17:56,880 | 01:17:59,120 | I had so much energy to give back. | I had so much energy to give back. |
667 | 01:18:06,320 | 01:18:10,560 | He's like a little marine biologist now. He knows so much. | He's like a little marine biologist now. He knows so much. |
668 | 01:18:16,160 | 01:18:18,040 | And very powerful swimmer. | And very powerful swimmer. |
669 | 01:18:21,640 | 01:18:25,280 | And as he gets older, he seems to want to do it more and more. | And as he gets older, he seems to want to do it more and more. |
670 | 01:18:35,520 | 01:18:36,880 | To see that develop, | To see that develop, |
671 | 01:18:37,600 | 01:18:42,520 | a strong sense of himself... | a strong sense of himself... |
672 | 01:18:45,920 | 01:18:47,720 | an incredible confidence, | an incredible confidence, |
673 | 01:18:49,280 | 01:18:51,040 | but the most important thing, | but the most important thing, |
674 | 01:18:51,600 | 01:18:52,720 | a gentleness. | a gentleness. |
675 | 01:18:53,920 | 01:18:55,400 | And I think that's the thing | And I think that's the thing |
676 | 01:18:55,480 | 01:18:59,160 | that thousands of hours in nature can teach a child. | that thousands of hours in nature can teach a child. |
677 | 01:19:08,040 | 01:19:10,320 | A few months later, after she'd died, | A few months later, after she'd died, |
678 | 01:19:10,400 | 01:19:15,080 | he actually found this tiny little octopus. | he actually found this tiny little octopus. |
679 | 01:19:18,400 | 01:19:20,440 | [gentle piano music playing] | [gentle piano music playing] |
680 | 01:19:20,520 | 01:19:23,160 | It's very rare to see an animal that small. | It's very rare to see an animal that small. |
681 | 01:19:27,640 | 01:19:31,880 | They have up to half a million young. A handful survive. | They have up to half a million young. A handful survive. |
682 | 01:19:32,560 | 01:19:36,800 | So it's a pretty tough road they have to walk. | So it's a pretty tough road they have to walk. |
683 | 01:19:36,880 | 01:19:39,440 | But that's their strategy, live fast and die young. | But that's their strategy, live fast and die young. |
684 | 01:19:45,480 | 01:19:48,880 | We kind of imagined that it might be one of her young. | We kind of imagined that it might be one of her young. |
685 | 01:19:50,120 | 01:19:52,440 | It was kind of the right size, the right time. | It was kind of the right size, the right time. |
686 | 01:19:56,920 | 01:20:00,120 | And it was joyous. It was like, "Well, there she is." | And it was joyous. It was like, "Well, there she is." |
687 | 01:20:25,240 | 01:20:27,040 | She'd made me realize | She'd made me realize |
688 | 01:20:27,880 | 01:20:30,480 | just how precious wild places are. | just how precious wild places are. |
689 | 01:20:40,320 | 01:20:42,000 | You go into that water... | You go into that water... |
690 | 01:20:44,520 | 01:20:46,760 | and it's extremely liberating. | and it's extremely liberating. |
691 | 01:20:46,840 | 01:20:47,800 | All your... | All your... |
692 | 01:20:48,320 | 01:20:52,360 | worries and problems and life drama just dissolve. | worries and problems and life drama just dissolve. |
693 | 01:21:02,680 | 01:21:06,120 | You slowly start to care about all the animals, | You slowly start to care about all the animals, |
694 | 01:21:06,200 | 01:21:08,440 | even the tiniest little animals. | even the tiniest little animals. |
695 | 01:21:13,400 | 01:21:17,040 | You realize that every one is very important. | You realize that every one is very important. |
696 | 01:21:21,800 | 01:21:25,280 | To sense how vulnerable these wild animals' lives are, | To sense how vulnerable these wild animals' lives are, |
697 | 01:21:26,840 | 01:21:30,240 | and actually, then how vulnerable all our lives on this planet are. | and actually, then how vulnerable all our lives on this planet are. |
698 | 01:21:36,640 | 01:21:42,080 | My relationship with the sea forest and its creatures deepens... | My relationship with the sea forest and its creatures deepens... |
699 | 01:21:44,880 | 01:21:47,320 | week after month after year after year. | week after month after year after year. |
700 | 01:21:52,400 | 01:21:55,840 | You're in touch with this wild place, and it's speaking to you. | You're in touch with this wild place, and it's speaking to you. |
701 | 01:21:57,600 | 01:21:59,000 | Its language is visible. | Its language is visible. |
702 | 01:22:05,920 | 01:22:09,320 | [orchestral music grows] | [orchestral music grows] |
703 | 01:22:14,040 | 01:22:16,360 | I fell in love with her | I fell in love with her |
704 | 01:22:16,440 | 01:22:20,720 | but also with that amazing wildness that she represented | but also with that amazing wildness that she represented |
705 | 01:22:20,800 | 01:22:22,880 | and... and how that changed me. | and... and how that changed me. |
706 | 01:22:37,840 | 01:22:40,680 | What she taught me was to feel... | What she taught me was to feel... |
707 | 01:22:41,320 | 01:22:44,520 | that you're part of this place, not a visitor. | that you're part of this place, not a visitor. |
708 | 01:22:45,320 | 01:22:46,880 | That's a huge difference. | That's a huge difference. |
709 | 01:23:13,480 | 01:23:16,680 | [ethereal vocal music playing] | [ethereal vocal music playing] |
710 | 01:23:52,600 | 01:23:55,280 | ||
710 | 01:23:52,600 | 01:23:55,280 |