What a beautiful octopus. At first I thought the diver was scaring him and he started running off. I guess his curiosity got him to stick around long enough to touch and feel the diver ! What a joy to commune w/ such a majestic intelligent animal !! I dive the Atlantic so I will never see a guy like this. I would be thrilled to play one on one w/ this incredible creature of the sea !!!!😍😍😍
......and he can drown you, or seriously mess you up, easy as pie. Octopus are smart, strong, and fast. All he needs to do is pull your regulator & you're done.
I am surprised it let you get that close… he must not have perceived you as a threat and/ or he was confident in his abilities to defend himself… either way shows intelligence…🐙
I once played hide-and-seek with one for some ten minutes on a Maldives' reef. Not sure which of us had the more fun. Imagine if these guys lived 50-60 years instead of 2-3, and could accumulate knowledge all that time.
What a fabulous experience! I think the GPO wanted to know what you were, but was disappointed that you hadn't brought it anything tasty to eat or interesting to play with.
Excellent clip. Thanks for sharing. The octopus is a wonderful creature. Extremely intelligent. Curious, too. I saw one even bigger scuba diving on a reef vic Diamond Head offshore from Oahu, but the water was not as clear that day due to a recent storm.
Beautiful. Excellent vis and a good camera/lighting really picked up his colours. Looks like he was used to divers! Must of been going for something shiny at 0:47
That was absolutely wonderful, and they are so smart too! Like undo a latch, pull themselves out of a tank and walk around the room, go back in the tank and relatch the lock! I watched the video a couple of months ago, they are so smart! Today they are smarter than we are! Maybe they always were!
Why do I get the feeling they know more about us... than we ever will know about them. They have been a presence of intelligence long before we came about on this world.
@@deathbycheese850 I think octopuses go for the gills to suffocate sharks rather than clamping a shark's mouth shut. At least that's what I saw in the one video I watched, where an octopus covered the gill slits on one side and stuck a tentacle through the gill slits on the other side. Unable to breathe, the shark let the octopus go. Pretty impressive.
Wow! Just Wow! What a funny looking and icky looking creatures with eyes on long black stalks that glow! Nothing much showing in the way of a mouth, and only four jointed appendages. Brave Octopus!
A sort of greeting perhaps, showing recognition of the structural aspects of the diver while collecting tactile experience, and understanding the generally social character of the interaction.
We were diving at Twin Beaches provincial park on Gabriola island. Good spot, no fishing allowed so huge 4 foot lingcods. We watched an octopus like this one for 15 minutes that was camouflaged on a rock face . It wrapped itself around my dive partner. Should have had a GoPro. They’re fascinating
We caught one while halibut fishing. We had him on the boat and he was just relaxing on the deck, he did move to one corner. You can clearly see him looking at us and you can see the intelligence in his eyes as he was scoping us out. When we went to pick him up to throw him back he was very relaxed, he knew exactly what we were doing and that we were not threatening him.
I’ve never encountered an octopus whilst diving yet, but hope to one day. I would be honoured and overjoyed to have one of those mesmerising creatures choose to engage with me. How wonderful! Bless
@@MadDragon76 that doesn’t make it ok to breed them for food or eat them. They are wild animals who have to hunt for food, we have well stocked supermarkets and don’t NEED to eat them.
@@fenzirulfr Don't correct people if you don't know what you're talking about. There is no "correct" plural for octopus. There are much better things for you to waste time on. "Octopus" is a bastardized combination of greek and latin. The actual Greeks and Latins called them a polypous/polypus. The word "Octopus" is entirely made up by "modern" scientists. The word is latinized greek. The "-us" ending is a latin ending. It makes no sense to add an english plural to a latin suffix, especially when it's "-uses". Because the word is fuckin made up, what matters most is what sounds good to people, what's easy to say and write. The people decide how to spell and pronounce words, especially made up words. Now if you're really telling us you'd rather be a pain in the ass and argue for "-uses" your whole life, have at. But it makes perfect sense to use a latin pluralization of a latin suffix, and the "-i" suffix is easier to say and sounds much better. The only reason this fucking argument exists is because some dickhead wannabe nerds decided a few years ago that the "-pus" suffix must actually be an incorrect spelling of the nearly identical greek "-pous". Those dumb nerds decided then that "-podes" was more correct. It's easily the least correct by any measure. Now we're still having this debate because it left behind half-baked ideas that can make you sound smart Language is a convention with guidelines, there's no judge that says how to say words. The people choose how to say words, and 3 syllables is better than 4
in the deepest parts of the Atlantic ocean there are octopus's tentacles alone that mass a length of around 60 to 70 feet. (reportedly speaking) nobody has ever caught on film tho.. yet
Divers are the right size to be a threat but I think because of how clunky and awkward humans are underwater the Octopus then becomes more curious because nothing clangs and bonks around like a diver - what is this strange creature
One of the most amazing animals on the planet
Also delicious.
“That creature is ugly and out of place but does show indications of rudimentary intelligence,” thinks the octopus to himself.
Nice one. You had me going for a minute.
I'm chuckling away at that. Good quip Sir...
True.)
😆😅😂🤣
Octopuses are incredible animals. This fella was very inquisitive and interactive.
Later at the bar, nobody believed Occy that he was almost abducted by Aliens and barely got away
😂😂😂
At least we don't do anal probes....btw, where is an octopus' anus?
Is that you Gary?
Humans: "Whoa, look at that thing!"
Octopus: "Whoa, look at those things!"
His curiosity is amazing. What a beautiful experience. I wish the video was longer.
What a beautiful octopus. At first I thought the diver was scaring him and he started running off. I guess his curiosity got him to stick around long enough to touch and feel the diver ! What a joy to commune w/ such a majestic intelligent animal !! I dive the Atlantic so I will never see a guy like this. I would be thrilled to play one on one w/ this incredible creature of the sea !!!!😍😍😍
Bet that would be bloody delicious with olive oil and lemon juice.
......and he can drown you, or seriously mess you up, easy as pie.
Octopus are smart, strong, and fast.
All he needs to do is pull your regulator & you're done.
Slaat dat zinnebeeld niet op hol ?
@@ekspatriat You forgot about the cajun seasoning and cayenne pepper.
I am surprised it let you get that close… he must not have perceived you as a threat and/ or he was confident in his abilities to defend himself… either way shows intelligence…🐙
They’re such wonderful creatures. I honestly can’t get over how charming they are.
"not considering humans as a threat" spells pretty dumb to me!
jk! i know just how smart they are...but you get my message :)
a simple tug and twist of the old regulator and the frogman is no longer a threat.
They can be verry curies and understand when they squize to hard or like this is to forward to quickly.
He does see them as a threat, that shows in his red colour and spiky appearance. He's trying to look mean.
One of the smartest creatures on the planet....great footage. xxx
I once played hide-and-seek with one for some ten minutes on a Maldives' reef. Not sure which of us had the more fun.
Imagine if these guys lived 50-60 years instead of 2-3, and could accumulate knowledge all that time.
They'd know not to trust humans
is this it, longevity-wise?: 2-3 years. I wonder why so short a lifespan?
Why do mayflies live only for a day? Ask Mother Nature. @@seancourtney9021
They die aftet they reproduce. Even giant squid have a silly short lifespan
Yup. Wrote a story about it. "Ten and Ten" - Analog magazine
I love that the title is "Octopus encountering Divers" and not "Divers encountering Octopus", good job.
WHAT AN HONOUR.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS FOOTAGE.
I LOVE OUR UNDERWATER PARADISES.
What an amazing creature, thank you for the vid.
What a fabulous experience! I think the GPO wanted to know what you were, but was disappointed that you hadn't brought it anything tasty to eat or interesting to play with.
Excellent clip. Thanks for sharing. The octopus is a wonderful creature. Extremely intelligent. Curious, too. I saw one even bigger scuba diving on a reef vic Diamond Head offshore from Oahu, but the water was not as clear that day due to a recent storm.
Even more intelligemt than ''scientists" who claim that perceptual association is intelligence.
What a sweet heart. And thank you, divers, for being respectful.
Beautiful. Excellent vis and a good camera/lighting really picked up his colours. Looks like he was used to divers! Must of been going for something shiny at 0:47
Beautiful octopus!
l've really warmed up to octopuses in the last decade. Nice footage.
The octopus is very intelligent. They have no political or religious affiliations.
Thanks for sharing! 🙏
That was absolutely wonderful, and they are so smart too! Like undo a latch, pull themselves out of a tank and walk around the room, go back in the tank and relatch the lock! I watched the video a couple of months ago, they are so smart! Today they are smarter than we are! Maybe they always were!
Why do I get the feeling they know more about us... than we ever will know about them.
They have been a presence of intelligence long before we came about on this world.
octopus so amazing, such a smart and beautiful creature
Very beautiful and awesome octopus 🐙🐙
Octopus are the most incredible phenomenal creatures on the planet.
Well, we are supposed to have originated from the sea. Perhaps all the intelligent creatures stayed behind. 😂
VERY NICE VIDEO! Thanks. John P.
I watched a video today of an Octopus killing a huge shark. I didn't know they could do that.
Oh they can the giant Pacific is known to grab a shark and sometimes even twister necks and they are so strong they can pin down any prey
If an octopus can clamp the sharks mouth shut with it's arms, the shark will drown.
@@deathbycheese850 I think octopuses go for the gills to suffocate sharks rather than clamping a shark's mouth shut. At least that's what I saw in the one video I watched, where an octopus covered the gill slits on one side and stuck a tentacle through the gill slits on the other side. Unable to breathe, the shark let the octopus go. Pretty impressive.
Hey man, your settings are all wrong, let me see that thing, Ill show you how its done...
Octopus be like: 🐙😠
Wow! Just Wow! What a funny looking and icky looking creatures with eyes on long black stalks that glow! Nothing much showing in the way of a mouth, and only four jointed appendages. Brave Octopus!
A sort of greeting perhaps, showing recognition of the structural aspects of the diver while collecting tactile experience, and understanding the generally social character of the interaction.
A true "alien" on earth. They have 3 brains and 9 hearts! Nothing like it. Amazing!
Interesting how it goes right over those urchin spines.
We were diving at Twin Beaches provincial park on Gabriola island. Good spot, no fishing allowed so huge 4 foot lingcods. We watched an octopus like this one for 15 minutes that was camouflaged on a rock face . It wrapped itself around my dive partner. Should have had a GoPro. They’re fascinating
We caught one while halibut fishing. We had him on the boat and he was just relaxing on the deck, he did move to one corner. You can clearly see him looking at us and you can see the intelligence in his eyes as he was scoping us out. When we went to pick him up to throw him back he was very relaxed, he knew exactly what we were doing and that we were not threatening him.
I’ve never encountered an octopus whilst diving yet, but hope to one day. I would be honoured and overjoyed to have one of those mesmerising creatures choose to engage with me. How wonderful! Bless
Beautiful animal! It sure was curious about the diver and his/her gear.
This is pretty shallow water, considering the depths at which they are usually found. Is this, perhaps, a younger specimen
They are so intelligent, gentle and good judges of character. They should never be eaten or imprisoned in a tank for entertainment.
I like 'good judge of character.'
Would he compare us to his local shy crabs, naughty sharks, or playful dolphins.
They would be willing to eat us given the chance. I've seen several news reports where they tried.
@@MadDragon76 that doesn’t make it ok to breed them for food or eat them. They are wild animals who have to hunt for food, we have well stocked supermarkets and don’t NEED to eat them.
wonderful creature, my favorite
I like octopi. As odd as this might sound, I think there's good in them.
plural is octopuses. "Octo" is latin therefor the plural suffix is "es". Octopi is incorrect because it combines a latin root with a greek suffix.
@@fenzirulfr Uncorrect. The 'i' ending is indeed latin. All the cool kids say 'octopi.'
@@StudSupreme no...
@@fenzirulfr Yes times Ten.
@@fenzirulfr Don't correct people if you don't know what you're talking about. There is no "correct" plural for octopus. There are much better things for you to waste time on.
"Octopus" is a bastardized combination of greek and latin. The actual Greeks and Latins called them a polypous/polypus. The word "Octopus" is entirely made up by "modern" scientists. The word is latinized greek. The "-us" ending is a latin ending. It makes no sense to add an english plural to a latin suffix, especially when it's "-uses".
Because the word is fuckin made up, what matters most is what sounds good to people, what's easy to say and write. The people decide how to spell and pronounce words, especially made up words.
Now if you're really telling us you'd rather be a pain in the ass and argue for "-uses" your whole life, have at. But it makes perfect sense to use a latin pluralization of a latin suffix, and the "-i" suffix is easier to say and sounds much better.
The only reason this fucking argument exists is because some dickhead wannabe nerds decided a few years ago that the "-pus" suffix must actually be an incorrect spelling of the nearly identical greek "-pous". Those dumb nerds decided then that "-podes" was more correct. It's easily the least correct by any measure. Now we're still having this debate because it left behind half-baked ideas that can make you sound smart
Language is a convention with guidelines, there's no judge that says how to say words. The people choose how to say words, and 3 syllables is better than 4
I don't think there is any place else in the universe that has what we have.
Maybe someday we'll find out . I'm hopeful :)
We won't have it for much longer.
@@eudyptes5046 I bet you're fun at parties! lol
Surprisingly docile for a creature that could mess you up.
The giant Pacific octopus is a fine creature.... Just like the Coconut and Common octopus
I could have watched that for hours.....
Thank you so much for this video. It is such a beautiful tribute to this beautiful sea creature.
Was this in Puget Sound or off the coast of Washington or Oregon?
What an astonishing, fascinating video.
Octopus: “Hey, lemme take your picture now.”
You don't need to go out in space to look for aliens!!!... we have them right here on earth in our oceans!!
The octopus was calculating a way to get the regulator out of the divers mouth so he could quickly drown him.
Truly magnificent and intelligent creatures. I irks me no end that people want to eat them.
Well, they're delicious. And when they put their suckers on you, they're tasting *you*.
Salt and pepper
Impressive camouflage!😀
in the deepest parts of the Atlantic ocean there are octopus's tentacles alone that mass a length of around 60 to 70 feet. (reportedly speaking) nobody has ever caught on film tho.. yet
lol you troll
cool story bro🤣🤣🤣
how lucky, really made the dive I'll imagine
Looks delicious
Imagine seeing the one that was 30’ across.
Amazing intelligence creature Thank for sharing.
He’s beautiful 😍
Honestly, will aliens be weirder and cooler than octopi if we ever find any?
Amazing! Beautiful creature.
What a cool rugged lil guy, look at those eyes
Amazing animal...and wants to check out the diver! "Are you friend or foe?"
That was a small giant octopus then, perhaps a baby giant octopus, or maybe a dwarf giant octopus?
Outstanding!
I'd be afraid it would bite me.
I love octopuses🐙
Amazing creature
Amazing octopus
that's actually a pretty small one as this species goes
He was trying to figure out if you're on the menu.
Look at his eyes he's clearly stoned just wait till 'the munchies' kick in.
Imagine if the octopus just grabbed the oxygen mouthpiece with its tentacle and started huffin some O2
Octopus, as "other worldly" as it gets.
Beautiful creature, isn't there danger of toxic ink?
Oh it's so beautiful..
I hope he got paid for this very professional modeling shoot.
Divers are the right size to be a threat but I think because of how clunky and awkward humans are underwater the Octopus then becomes more curious because nothing clangs and bonks around like a diver - what is this strange creature
Magnificent. ❤
Fact: One octopus has more brains than all of Congress! Octo for President!
I was expecting the octopus to lunge at the diver’s face and screaming ensues. Maybe I’ve been watching too many movies….
Man cant leave anyth8ng alone...
Why should we. Loneliness is bad. Flies and ticks are actively seeking out new human friends too.
What a beauty.^^^
She is fascinating
wonderful intelligent curious creatures
wow, now That is quite a creature.
The giant pacific octopus is having with geust.
the closest we can get to meeting an alien.
I would be scared to approach that thing, it’s eyes a very creepy looking to me and it’s so big with those tentacles
Giant sea urchins as well.
I wonder if an octopus that size could take out the diver if it wanted??
I think the diver is way stronger than the octopus. But what do I know, really?
@@bjb7587 They've been known to snatch the mouth apparatus away and not let it go. That can be dangerous.
@@Badficwriter That's no way to treat a visitor.
Now I understand why you always dive with a buddy.
hooz more skeert, both are skeery aperations from another world.
The Kraken ??._.
Like future astronauts on an alien planet or moon encountering the aliens.
Octopus- What... The hell... Are you?
It enjoys u underwater Paparazzis 🐙 📷!
Not exactly giant. You can find plenty of octopi slightly smaller at the western side of Eagle Hawk Neck in Tasmania, Australia.
Same genus, Enteroctopus, AKA Giant Octopus.
Not everything is a competition.
So sad these amazing creatures have such short lifespans. Two to four years for most species.