Netflix : "My Octopus Teacher"

[GPzPop]

so incredibly cool ! Documentary about a
first person narration of a fellow obsessed with freediving and interacting with a wild octopus , off of the south africa coast
really interesting storytelling
recommend !!!

 

[Butch]

Thanx

 

[Momo-san]

Sounds interesting, I'll check it out. :squid

Continuing with the cephalopod theme, I'll recommend the "Octomom" episode of the Radiolab podcast - I even got a little choked up by the end.

 

[ejv]

Watched that maybe 2 months ago. Pretty cool documentary with some very good videography.

 

[Maddevill]

Turns out that Octopi are extremely intelligent. Completely different brain structure. There was something written about an octopus in a aquarium lab that would deliberately leave his tank and basically play pranks on one of the technicians.

Mad

 

[auntiebling]

i just want to caution anyone watching this with kids thinking "oh, cool, an animal documentary this should be pretty safe" well it is. but it's also a sad and a little scary at points for kids. not as bad a s a disney movie but being an actual living thing as opposed to a cartoon that could be worse depending on your kid

Turns out that Octopi are extremely intelligent. Completely different brain structure. There was something written about an octopus in a aquarium lab that would deliberately leave his tank and basically play pranks on one of the technicians.

Mad

jailbreaking octopus
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/14/world/asia/inky-octopus-new-zealand-aquarium.html

Otto, the prankster
https://www.sherryduquet.com/otto-the-octopus/

 

[lefty]

I saw this a few weeks ago. Very cool. I heard about them being super intelligent and the story of the prankster in the lab..

This should cause all of us re-think the way that we view animals.

(I cannot stand on any soap-box, I'm eating chicken soup at the moment)

 

[Matty D]

Enjoyed this a while back as well. I prefer warm climates for my underwater adventures but this was super cool and a heck of a project that seemed to push over the line into obsession. I learned some things and also just really enjoyed the images. :thumbup

 

[Starpower]

I liked the videography a lot, but his "life changing" over the top narration was getting to me.

 

[DucatiHoney]

I bought a "chef's box" from a local seafood place for Christmas and it came with a wonderful selection of fish and shellfish, but also an octopus (dead, cleaned and frozen thankfully) in it. I cooked it, but I didn't enjoy eating it knowing how smart they are. They're really cool.

 

[Kurosaki]

I'm gonna check this out. Always thought they were fascinating creatures.

I saw this a few weeks ago. Very cool. I heard about them being super intelligent and the story of the prankster in the lab..

This should cause all of us re-think the way that we view animals.

(I cannot stand on any soap-box, I'm eating chicken soup at the moment)

No need for any soapbox. As intelligent as they are, octopi eat animals too. Nature is nature.

 

[matty]

Watched it a couple of months back, I enjoyed it. Not only are they extremely smart and apparently you can lop off an arm and it will grow back, their skin can "see" that's what gives them their ability to camouflage themselves so well. Pretty sure they are aliens.

 

[auntiebling]

I'm gonna check this out. Always thought they were fascinating creatures.



No need for any soapbox. As intelligent as they are, octopi eat animals too. Nature is nature.

Watched it a couple of months back, I enjoyed it. Not only are they extremely smart and apparently you can lop off an arm and it will grow back, their skin can "see" that's what gives them their ability to camouflage themselves so well. Pretty sure they are aliens.

these 2 combined have me imagining a Far Side style cartoon of some giant alien octopi eating some people like french fries from a fast food container discussing how tasty we are but also potentially intelligent

 

[matty]

these 2 combined have me imagining a Far Side style cartoon of some giant alien octopi eating some people like french fries from a fast food container discussing how tasty we are but also potentially intelligent

:laughing

Well Gary Larson is doing comics again, digitally, maybe you should pitch this to him. Who knows, maybe he'd make it so.

 

[Kurosaki]

I bought a "chef's box" from a local seafood place for Christmas and it came with a wonderful selection of fish and shellfish, but also an octopus (dead, cleaned and frozen thankfully) in it. I cooked it, but I didn't enjoy eating it knowing how smart they are. They're really cool.

I think it's not exactly a slippery slope but approaching one if we go down the path of logic and feeling about animals we eat or don't eat based on their intelligence.

The thought of eating a dog, or a cat, or a horse is abhorrent to most of us but the reasoning isn't because of their intelligence. Bessie the cow looks like she'd turn into some tasty cheeseburgers though.

Not trying to make an argument of hypocrisy of any of us about what we eat or don't. Just that these discussions are weird and the limits of animals okay to eat is a moving target depending on [insert cultural reasoning] unless you're a vegetarian or vegan and all animals are off limits.

Dissected an octopus once in the marine biology class I took in college. The professor brought out a deep fryer at the end. Those of us that didn't have a class following stayed and ate them. I didn't feel bad.

 

[Kurosaki]

these 2 combined have me imagining a Far Side style cartoon of some giant alien octopi eating some people like french fries from a fast food container discussing how tasty we are but also potentially intelligent

:laughing

I would bet the farm this has already been done. Just need to dig deep enough.

The internet is undefeated, as always.

 

[DucatiHoney]

I totally get you. My mother in law worked for Whole Foods, and while I'm sure we all have feelings about that group, they are decent about considering animal welfare. Her summary to WF's approach to meat production was this: "a good life, and one bad day." Meaning that their lives should be as pleasant as could be, and death should be as pain-free, stress-free, and quick as possible. I thought it a good concept. I try to subscribe to the "Eat food, not too much, mostly plants" strategy anyway, but sometimes a girl's gotta have a few slices of bacon for breakfast. Pigs are adorable, but they're just too damned tasty not to gobble once in a while.

I think it's not exactly a slippery slope but approaching one if we go down the path of logic and feeling about animals we eat or don't eat based on their intelligence.

The thought of eating a dog, or a cat, or a horse is abhorrent to most of us but the reasoning isn't because of their intelligence. Bessie the cow looks like she'd turn into some tasty cheeseburgers though.

Not trying to make an argument of hypocrisy of any of us about what we eat or don't. Just that these discussions are weird and the limits of animals okay to eat is a moving target depending on [insert cultural reasoning] unless you're a vegetarian or vegan and all animals are off limits.

Dissected an octopus once in the marine biology class I took in college. The professor brought out a deep fryer at the end. Those of us that didn't have a class following stayed and ate them. I didn't feel bad.

 

[Matty D]

I try to subscribe to the "Eat food, not too much, mostly plants" strategy anyway, but sometimes a girl's gotta have a few slices of bacon for breakfast. Pigs are adorable, but they're just too damned tasty not to gobble once in a while.

Ahh, Michael Pollan. "Omnivore's Dilemma" was a real game-changer/eye-opener for me. Should revisit some of his stuff. :thumbup

Totally agree on the pig thing though. And cows. And lamb. And birds... :laughing

 

[Eldritch]

I totally get you. My mother in law worked for Whole Foods, and while I'm sure we all have feelings about that group, they are decent about considering animal welfare. Her summary to WF's approach to meat production was this: "a good life, and one bad day." Meaning that their lives should be as pleasant as could be, and death should be as pain-free, stress-free, and quick as possible. I thought it a good concept. I try to subscribe to the "Eat food, not too much, mostly plants" strategy anyway, but sometimes a girl's gotta have a few slices of bacon for breakfast. Pigs are adorable, but they're just too damned tasty not to gobble once in a while.

Also, pig meat is the most similar in grain and flavor to human meat, which is a bonus.

I eat an awful lot of pig.

 

[DucatiHoney]

Also, pig meat is the most similar in grain and flavor to human meat, which is a bonus.

I have taken the "well, it's dead, and I'm hungry, so I might as well eat it" approach before. Rattlesnake was as far as I've gotten on that one. (I ran over it on accident and cooked it on the engine block on my way home with some tin foil and s/p I had in the jockey box. Yes, I'm a red neck--or I used to be. :laughing)