As it so happens, octopusses/octopi/octopodes aren’t very good at camera work.
A little shaky, but not bad for a beginner. I wouldn’t be surprised, though, if it learned how to catch fish with the spear.
See, this is one of the many reasons I will never order octopus on a menu. Also, I once saw a video back in biology class of an octopus carefully arranging shells and other bits of ocean detritus including a mop(!) around its cave. I could never eat something that’s into interior decorating.
Very cool! I hope he didn’t have to shoot it with the spear gun in order to get the spear gun back.
I misread the title as, “Octomom tries to break into the film business,” and wondered why that was worthy of comment at all.
Cool, I’ve never seen such a cheeky cephalopod. Every time I’ve seen octopi while snorkeling or diving they either hide under a rock or remain mimetized in place.
Last time I went diving in Thailand I had two underwater cameras (one mine, one a friend’s for testing) plus I had to tow against the current my GF by the hand often; I joked with my GF that next time I should have a trained octopus as a photographic assistant.
Of course, he doesn’t want to be a cinematoographer. What he really wants to do is direct.
I know who I’d rather see (and who is much more deserving of attention)
But until that gig’s available, he’s working as a waiter.
Well he certainly has the arms for it 
He was auditioning for a Ringo Starr video.
I for one welcome our new octopi overlords
All right, a jellyfish thread in GQ and an octopus thread in MPSIMS. Best week ever on the Dope.
Awesome video, once in a life time incident. However, when it stole the camera I probably would’ve freaked out and speared it.
The video of the octopus playing with the coconut shell was better. I think someone posted it here a while back.
I’m impressed by this guys balls. He went after and fought an octopus. I would have just let him have it.
I suspect he was taking it back to his mate: “That’s right, babe, you said if I ever got a camera we could make a sex tape.”