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Nah, I don't go for it.
The octopus helmet cam shots while the struggle was going on are just to good to be true.
No ink, no sediment, no I don't buy it.
For some reason it looks and feels like it was shot in an aquarium, probably something to do with the light coming from below for much of the shark sequencies.
Nah, I don't go for it.
The octopus helmet cam shots while the struggle was going on are just to good to be true.
No ink, no sediment, no I don't buy it.
For some reason it looks and feels like it was shot in an aquarium, probably something to do with the light coming from below for much of the shark sequencies.
Did you listen to the commentary? It was shot in an aquarium. The reason there is no ink is that the octopus was not fleeing, it was eating.
I was shot in an aquarium (just as the narrator acknowledged) and of course it's real. The computer graphics or animatronics required to convincingly fake that wouldn’t be in the budget for a TV documentary. It's much cheaper to simply film the real thing.
This particular video has been making the rounds for a while...can it die already!
I used to take care of Giant Octopus. They are interesting, if not tricky little guys. I had one that routinely tried to pull me into its tank to play. Nice animals (usually) when it comes to humans.
This film was shot at the Seattle Aquarium in the Dome Tank several years ago. They used to have a GPO (Giant Pacific Octopus) on display in the Dome but they were losing too many fish to the GPO. The shark is a Dogfish.
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