A Sea of Glass by Drew Harvell

Author:Drew Harvell
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780520285682
Publisher: University of California Press

6.

OCTOPUS AND SQUID

Shape-Shifters under Pressure

The long-armed squid (Chiroteuthis veranyi) in glass. Photo by Guido Motofico, courtesy of the Natural History Museum of Ireland.

AS WE HEAD DOWN the Big Island’s Kohala Mountain for a night dive on the reef, David explains that if we’re lucky enough to find an octopus during our dive, he wants to capture footage of me interacting with it. Well, how does that work? I ask. Usually when I see an octopus, which is not often, I watch it for a while and then it jets off, shifts into camouflage mode, and I never see it again. David explains that he wants me to hold it, to herd it between my hands, and gently engage with it. Apparently, this is common among recreational divers, especially with inquisitive octopus who seem just as curious as their human counterparts. My training is to only touch or collect organisms we need for research, so it’s unusual for me to handle something like an octopus.

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