Octopus Documentaries - The Octopus' Garden

The Octopus' Garden follows the life cycle of Octopus Maorum, the giant octopus off New Zealand. This documentary was produced by NHNZ, Natural History New Zealand.

Wild Octopus Cyanea - Red Octopus Digging

This video shows Octopus Cyanea in the wild. It finds another octopus and is either fighting for a den or attempting to mate, the narrator is not sure.

Scuba Diving Octopus Encounter

A diver encounters an octopus which is being harassed by a yellow tail damsel. Damselfish are generally A-holes and this one is no exception.

Blue Ring in the Wild

This is a blue ring octopus in the wild in indonesia. It is of the genus Hapalochlaena and is very deadly. Blue ring octopuses have killed many unlucky swimmers over the years.

Quote: "A bite from one acts so quickly that death may occur before a diver can even make it out of the water"

Wild Octopus Flashes Colors at Scuba Diver

This Briareus (I'm assuming) flashes colors when it is caught in the spotlight of a scuba diver. It acts a bit startled.


Psychedelic Octopus - Funny bloopers R us

Holy Crap! A Cuttlefish Attacks an Octopus in Front of a Scuba Diver!

This almost looks fake it is so surreal. The octopus is playing with a scuba divers spanner. Then, a much larger cuttlefish decides to make the octopus a meal. It is a bit saddening if you've ever owned an octopus.

Octopus Documentary - Octo Volcano

This is a full 47 minute documentary about an active volcano and the aquatic species which are able to survive near it, most notably the octopus. Many different octopus abilities are investigated. This is quite an interesting documentary and worth the watch. It is the only full documentary about octopuses that I've found online. Enjoy!

This video suggests that octopuses can actually hear the rumbling in the earth before the volcano erupts giving them time to flee.

Reef Octopus in the Wild

Watch this octopus change colors once it realizes it has been spotted. It makes itself looks big and flashes colors at the incoming camera before deciding to abandon this plan. It inks before fleeing.

Octopus Vulgaris Documentary (spanish)

Although this video is in Spanish, there is still some pretty good octopus footage. Octopus is "pulpo" in Spanish.

Bipedal Wild Octopus

This is another example of an octopus using 2 tentacles as legs and the other 6 as arms. This bipedal movement on the ocean floor is eerily human.

Scuba Divers Play with Inking Octopus

Watch these divers handle an obviously frightened octopus on a scuba dive. It inks several times before they let it go on its way.

Wild Reef Octopus

The sound in this video suggests that this was a wild encounter. It looks like a reef octopus to me - perhaps a briareus? What do you think?

Octopus Wrestling Match

Watch these two wild octopuses wrestling each other. A lucky diver has spotted the entanglement with his flashlight. This is not as interesting as some other octopus fights in which they flash colors at each other.

Best Octopus Camo Video Online

This is a snippet from a video presented at TED. This is probably the most amazing video that I have seen of an octopuses ability to blend in with its surroundings. No matter how many times I watch it, I still can't figure out which part is octopus and which part is rock. Absolutely amazing!

Young Wild Giant Pacific Octopus

Here is a wild baby Giant Pacific Octopus trying to get away from the camera. It doesn't change color as much as one might expect.

Two Wild Octopuses Get Into It

Watch these two wild octopuses get into it with each other. One changes color, and it appears that this signals that it gave up and is the loser of the octopus fight.

Wild North Pacific Octopus

Fisherman catches a wild octopus at 2:20. The species is Giant Pacific Octopus, the largest species in the world.

Wild Octopus Escapes

Here is a wild octopus escaping from a small acrylic box. The hole is only one inch around.