Joyful Earth Day! Following Secrets and techniques of the Whales and Secrets and techniques of the Elephants, James Cameron’s newest pure historical past collection, Secrets and techniques of the Octopus uncovers the lives of one of the vital alienlike animals on the planet: the octopus.
The three-parter, narrated by Paul Rudd, exhibits how these eight-armed creatures can shape-shift and divulges how clever and social they’re by means of unbelievable footage, some exhibiting conduct by no means earlier than captured on movie.
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One such conduct is a mating ritual, seen between “Scarlett,” a small day octopus on the Nice Barrier Reef that’s featured throughout the episodes, and a male suitor. (Nationwide Geographic Explorer Dr. Alex Schnell, above, named Scarlett primarily based on a scar beneath her eye.)
Dr. Schnell and different specialists meet a number of superb octopuses in locations reminiscent of Canada’s Vancouver Island and Indonesia’s Lembeh Strait. However there’s a very touching relationship between Schnell and Scarlett — who appears to recollect the scientist every time the human dives into her world — that developed quickly.
“It varies from particular person to particular person how shortly [octopuses] wish to work together with you,” Schnell says. “Typically they by no means do.” Scarlett bought snug in simply a few hours. “We now have an animal right here that has no solution to defend [itself from a human],” Schnell provides
in awe, “and but she wished to work together with a species 10 instances her measurement.”
Secrets and techniques of the Octopus, Sequence premiere, Sunday, April 21, 8/7c, 9/8c and 10/9c, Nationwide Geographic
