Tiny Octopus Gets So Excited When His Diver Friend Comes To Visit Him | The Dodo

It’s so trippy to watch him reach out and touch everything that you put in front of him like “oh nice nice very interesting”

I love that you visit him in 'his' home rather than taking him to your home to live in a glass case 🌈✨

In an often insane world, a friendship between a man and a mollusk is a beautiful thing. And I'm here for it.

My grandpa had a 250 gallon reef aquarium. He went to a Japanese seafood place and saw this little octopus in an aquarium. He ended up buying him and saving him from someone's dinner. Otto stayed alive for about 30 years. He wanted for nothing and enjoyed the puzzles grandpa made with plastic tubes, mason jars full of crabs and others. I swear Otto watched tv lol. He would come out every now and again go to the other tank and help himself to a clown fish which made him more intriguing. Grandpa died and Otto died a few hours later. Otto was buried with Grandpa

Eggbert with the shell: “nah, thanks, I’ve seen those before” 😂 lol what a little sweetie

Eggbert is the cutest, smartest, most intelligent octopus from Belize..I hope he is safe wherever he is 🐙💜❤️

It is a grave injustice that such wonderful creatures live such short lives.

The sweetness of that one tentative tentacle… is unbearably touching.

00:49 - The Octopus grabbing the divers finger to help push was mind blowing. Then when it swam away to face the diver and came back to help push, that was just about the most adorable thing I have ever seen. The fact that the Octopus was able to figure out that a much larger creature could move large objects, and took advantage of the opportunity is incredible.

Him realizing you are big enough to push the log is incredible ❤❤❤

never knew they were so interactive ,,,, adorable

I LOVE this!! People underestimate how smart animals are and this is a great example of how intelligent they are! This is so sweet, I want an octopus friend lol.

There is just something so wholesome about people bonding with animals in the wild like this.

This reminds me of the incredible 2020 Netflix documentary named My Octopus Teacher. A lovely, poignant story about a guy who free-dived down into an underwater South African kelp forest (near Cape Town, SA) where he befriended an octopus. It was fascinating to see the development of their relationship over a year until the octopus mated, laid numerous eggs and naturally died. That part was super sad. When their bond had developed and he would visit (almost daily), the octopus would occasionally lay against his chest to cuddle for several minutes. He got to see her live, eat, and defend herself from sharks. The doc won a well-deserved Academy Award.

It’s so sad that in many countries like Spain there are barely no octopi left due to overfishing. I hope these beautiful animals receive the respect they deserve. People need to start to be more aware of the food that they eat and the impact on the environment.

He’s adorable keep the little friend safe and happy. I’m sure he loves new stuff to play with/figure out!

This is WAY cooler than videos of great captive octopuses in aquariums messing with their caretakers and wanting to get out. I'm really touched by this story. I hope he's safe and doesn't approach the wrong diver...

People underestimate the intelligence of the octopus, but you can tell he loves a challenge and loves how much you entertain him.

This is how humans should truly respect all living creatures - in THEIR own habitat and not in human confinement or on a damn dinner plate!! ❤❤❤

I could watch them enjoying each other for hours! I hope the guy keeps documenting this as the octopus gets bigger.