# The Ethics of "My Octopus Teacher" \[Possible Spoilers\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [April 1, 2021, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ethics-of-my-octopus-teacher-possible-spoilers/939157 "2021-04-01T14:20:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 41
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2021, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ethics-of-my-octopus-teacher-possible-spoilers/939157/41 "2021-04-04T20:56:12Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Simons Town is different than Cape town. Simon’s Town is _a part of_ Cape Town. > [@DrDeth](#): > > And how was I supposed to know that? Oh, all the interactions we’ve had in the past around South Africa and [where I’m from](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-offensive-user-names-be-allowed/398088/39)? No, wait, don’t tell me, let me guess - “I don’t remember everyone I interact with on the Board”, right? Because we South Africans are a dime-a-dozen here… But anyway - does it matter? It _is_ a sanctuary, even by your own standards. By which you seem to mean the kind of no-take area that is called a “marine reserve” in the profession. Which the _My Octopus Garden_ filming location very much is. Specifically, it’s the _Paulsberg Reserve_ part of the TMNP MPA. There are two ways to tell this - 1 - you can very clearly _see_ Paulsberg behind him when he’s going into the water and there’s only one stretch of the coast where you get that view; and 2 - You simply don’t get a lot of alikreukels of the size that octopus munches on, outside the no-take zones of the MPA. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ethics-of-my-octopus-teacher-possible-spoilers/939157)._