[Coral-List] My Octopus Teacher

Mon Oct 12 22:46:48 UTC 2020

My students and I talk in advance about what to do if we encounter a school
of curious Caribbean Reef Squid. If they are lined up, facing us, we line
up, facing them. When they make signals with their arms/tentacles, we mimic
back. They get more curious, and approach. With A lot of patience, we are
sometimes lucky enough to have them slowly swim right up to us. They can
accept a gentle touch. As the late Mike DeGruy said, “you talk about your
first contact with alien life? This is it!”  Highly recommended.

On Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 17:29 Alina Szmant via Coral-List <
coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov> wrote:

> In respect for these incredible octopus creatures and also reef
> cuttlefish, I gave up eating them many years ago.
>
> One day diving off of Curaçao,  I swam up the forereef slope to a 10 m
> terrace,  and there was a school of cuttlefish,  about 10 to 12 of them. As
> I swam towards them, video camera in hand, they formed a semi-circle facing
> me about 10 m away. In the center of the semi-circle, closer to me, was
> what I assume was their commander-in-chief. We looked at each other (maybe
> s/he liked the reflection in my large camera lens) as I slowly swam towards
> them. This lasted several minutes.  The spell was broken when my class of
> students came up behind me and the cuttlefish gently swam away. I haven't
> eaten one of these creatures since.
>
> My conscience, moral compass, my health and the environment have all
> benefited from my transition to veganism.
>
>
>
> Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
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> -------- Original message --------
> From: Douglas Fenner via Coral-List <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
> Date: 10/11/20 8:19 AM (GMT-05:00)
> To: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
> Subject: Re: [Coral-List] My Octopus Teacher
>
> A couple of reviews:
>
>
> https://www.newscientist.com/article/2253789-my-octopus-teacher-review-the-strange-lives-of-cephalopods-up-close/
>
>
> https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/wildlife/2020/09/octopus-scientists-love-my-octopus-teacher-just-as-much-as-you-do/
>
>
> I haven't seen it yet myself.   Cheers,  Doug
>
>
> On Sat, Oct 10, 2020 at 5:03 PM Patti Nicoll via Coral-List <
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> > Definitely well worth a viewing - so well done!
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> > Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2020 18:12:26 +0000
> > From: Alina Szmant <alina at cisme-instruments.com>
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> > Hi All:
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> > In addition, to what Steve circulated, I'd like to put in a plug for a
> new
> > Netflix Documentary that blew me away: My Octopus Teacher. Here is link
> to
> > YouTube trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s0LTDhqe5A.  Most
> > definitely worth watching. Totally amazing day by day life history of the
> > life of an octopus as told by a well-known documentarian.
> >
> > Alina
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Coral-List <coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov> On Behalf Of
> > Steve via Coral-List
> > Sent: Thursday, October 8, 2020 10:26 AM
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> > Subject: [Coral-List] Octopus Study
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> >
> >
> > As a coral reef explorer I?ve always found octopuses to be one of the
> > reef?s most captivating residents. I?ve interacted with many over the
> years
> > and even once was the recipient of a well deserved cephalopod bite.
> >
> > Here, just in time for World Octopus Day, an article references a new
> > study that explores the possibility that octopuses may have multiple
> brains.
> >
> >
> >
> https://www.jpost.com/health-science/could-octopuses-have-more-than-one-brain-hu-study-644885
> >
> > Regards,
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> > Steve
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