Octopus plays peek a boo with a double hose diver

[konahydrotest]

Octopus are one of the more intelligent creatures in the ocean. Sometimes they are too curious for their own good. If you hide from them they will come out and look for you....
https://vimeo.com/127016860

Feel free to repost this video and share with your friends or enemies....

---------- Post added May 9th, 2015 at 03:48 PM ----------

A picture of the setup that took the video.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/time2dive/17283336968/in/dateposted-public/

 

[nanerl]

That's spectacular! Thank you for sharing! Put a smile on my face.

Peek-a-booooooooooooo!

Were there lights behind the octopus (with the gopro)?

 

[KathyV]

Great video, where was it taken? I have only seen octopus boldly out in daylight in the pacific; the Caribbean octopus tend to hide during the day.

 

[dmoore19]

Absolutely one of the most entertaining octopus videos I have ever seen.

Bravo!!!

 

[FMB]

This is so adorable! Thanks for sharing!

 

[Jessica Anderson]

That's awesome!
My friend caught this octopus on camera also: https://youtu.be/Ik8TxzWMF6M?list=LLT3aZ_cnItJo-KhRaRxkP-g

 

[krbailey]

The video is looks a little odd to me. The person taking the video is rock solid - unlike the typical underwater video. Like maybe they're on the other side of the glass at an aquarium. Also the octopus' tentacles don't move - only in response to the body moving. I'm certainly no expert but I've never seen an octopus (live or on video) move in this way. However, it does look like it is breathing. Maybe it's just me.

 

[konahydrotest]

The reason that the octopus video is rock solid is that I carry a mini tripod around with me for situations just like this. This behavior is fairly common in Hawaiian Day Octopus.