With all the travelling and general chaos of life, it took me a while to put together another animated slideshow/ podcast from my recent trip to the Lembeh Strait.
This one is about an octopus I came across early one morning, when a few dive guides and I went exploring relatively undived areas. Four of us spent 50 minutes seeing absolutely nothing. In fact, two of the guides were already sitting back on the boat by the time I got back around the 50-minute mark.
iPod version (20 MB)
Then, the guide I was with, Lembeh Strait veteran Wilson, spotted an octopus in a bottle. Anyone who’s been to Lembeh knows that octopuses in bottles are really common, so normally, I probably would’ve passed this one by. But after 50 minutes of zippo, I stopped for a look. And a good thing I did.
I then spent the next 50 minutes being entertained by this rather pugnacious cephalopod, who actually reached out, grabbed my dome port and tried to push me away.
I’m not an easily offended person, but this was just downright rude! Anyway, as it turned out, the octopus had a perfectly logical and rational reason for being unsociable.
Click on the video above to find out why the octopus was being so grumpy (it might take some time for your browser to download and play the file), or subscribe to my podcast via iTunes here to download the file for your iPod and automatically get updated whenever I put one of these together. Enjoy!
Tony,
I’m sure there’s a moral in there somewhere, but regardless of the storyline, I’ll settle for the sight of an octopus in the bottle….
Thanx.
BTW, Tropical Storm Barry has just brought some very badly needed rain to Florida. It is glorious!!
I love it! Octopii are wonderful creatures and their interactions with us can be quite entertaining. As for this guy, I’d rather a cosy (sea)bed rather than a bottle if I’d just had a big meal!
… Robert
Way to Go Tony !! Another fine performance. The photos, the script & music were wonderful. Keep bringing us more!
Geri Murphy
Again a simple little story works, including all the anthropomorphisizing. Like how it plays like a little movie, and the music adding to the humor. Nice.
Tony, somehow I missed this when it came out! Marvelous!! Is that Eric accompanying you??? I spent HOURS yesterday exploring his website (decadent indulgence when I had many chores to attend to!). Cannot believe all this young man has accomplished in ONE lifetime. I played the Beethoven Trio excerpt over and over during the exploration. Left a long “comment” letting him know why I do not believe he is from this planet! – - Going to do the I-tunes subscribing now to get more of these! – - – Pat