De waarneming
In 2010, Craig Foster began free diving in a cold underwater kelp forest at a remote location in False Bay, near Cape Town, South Africa. The location was near Simon's Town on the Cape Peninsula, whic…
De waarneming
In 2010, Craig Foster began free diving in a cold underwater kelp forest at a remote location in False Bay, near Cape Town, South Africa. The location was near Simon's Town on the Cape Peninsula, which is exposed to the cold Benguela current of the Atlantic Ocean. This particular place is known as the cape of storms. Simon's father had a bungalow at the edge of the coast, and when the water surge came in, it completely inundated the ground floor of the bungalow and smash the doors open. As a child Simon lived in the middle of the force from the giant Atlantic Ocean. Foster had seen native trackers finding hidden animals in the landscape of the Kalahari by being one with nature. They could see every small little detail (things that a normal human could not even see) and follow it for hours. Foster made a film called the Great Dance with his brother. 18 years later, Foster was struggling with his life. He had been working hard for a long time and had not slept properly for months. He was getting sick from all the pressure, and he didn't want to see a camera or an editing suite ever again. Foster had a boy named Tom who was growing up fast, and he found himself not being a good father to his own son. Foster needed a radical change and decided to be one with the ocean and started free diving. The water was 8-9 degrees, and it pushed a flood of chemicals to his brain. The entire body came alive. After a year, Foster got used to the cold and as his body adapted, it got easier to remain in the water for longer duration. While free diving, everything about Foster's equipment has to be perfect and he has to be ready for all eventualities. Foster opted not to have a scuba tank as it was not optimal for him. He didn't even wear a wet suit as he wanted to get close to the environment and wanted no barriers. Gradually, Foster picked up his camera again. Foster found an area of the Kelp Forest where the forest dampened the ocean swell. The whole forest is extremely murky, but for a 200-meter patch where Foster could dive and observe. He started to document his experiences and, in time, met a curious young octopus that captured his attention. On the first day, the Octopus was hiding behind seashells, and when Foster refused to leave, the Octopus swam away. The film shows Foster's growing intimate relationship with the octopus as he follows her around for nearly a year. At first the Octopus is shy and hides from Foster in a slippery piece of Algae that she wraps all around her. Foster decides to meet the Octopus every day. Foster brings a camera, and the Octopus starts playing with it. The caves next to the octopus were filled with pajama sharks that were her most serious predators. The predators had striped skin, incredible sense of smell and very aggressive. By Day 26 the fear subsided. She started to come out and be very curious. The Octopus still was very cautious and kept all her arms inside her den, thus not taking any unsafe chances. One day she reaches out with one tentacle and contact happens. Eventually she starts coming out of the den and she trusts Foster completely as she lets go of the den and brings all of her arms out, which removes the option of retreating into the den quickly in case anything goes wrong. Foster sees her walking on the ocean floor. An octopus is a snail that lost its shell in evolution. It is a very fragile, liquid and soft animal that relies on its tremendous intelligence to deceive its predators. It has no parents to teach her anything. It only lives for around a year. By Day 52, They form a bond where she plays with Foster and allows him into her world to see how she sleeps, lives, and eats. One day Foster drops a lens scaring her, and she swims away in fear. Foster approaches her too fast and she leaves her den never to return there. Foster learns how to track an Octopus. He learns to distinguish between octopus tracks, sea urchin tracks, worm tracks and fish tracks. He finds her again after a week. This time she grabs her hand and doesn't frighten even when Foster rises to the surface to breathe. She has 2000 suckers and 2/3rd of her cognition is in her arms, outside her brain. She is a common octopus, species Vulgari. The octopus starts playing with Foster as the boundaries dissolve. Day 104, Foster goes in at night as Octopus as supposed to be nocturnal. Whales are in the water. He finds her catching fish in shallow water, where the sharks can't come. Day 125, She frequently has to defend herself against pajama sharks. In one attack upon her, the octopus loses an arm, and retreats to her den to recover, slowly regenerating the arm over three months. Foster feeds her during this time. By day 250, her confidence is back. Day 271, the octopus hunts a crab and Foster films the entire sequence. She starts using Foster as part of her strategy to hunt lobsters. Foster starts to understand how the entire kelp forest ecosystem works. Day 304, In a later shark attack, she shows an incredibly improved creativity to survive (she hides in the canopy of the kelp forest and later comes out from the surface to escape the attack), including sticking on the shark's back. Day 324, After mating with a male octopus and producing a large number of eggs, she dies naturally while tending to her eggs. Later, a shark scavenges her dead body and carries it off. Foster describes the effect of this mentor-like relationship the octopus provided him, teaching him a lesson on the fragility of life and humanity's connection with nature. This transfers to Foster creating a deeper bond with his son Tom Foster as his son develops as a diver and marine biology student.
De waarneming
Documentary
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In 2010, Craig Foster began free diving in a cold underwater kelp forest at a remote location in False Bay, near Cape Town, South Africa. The location was near Simon's Town on the Cape Peninsula, which is exposed to the cold Benguela current of the Atlantic Ocean. This particular place is known as the cape of storms.
Simon's father had a bungalow at the edge of the coast, and when the water surge came in, it completely inundated the ground floor of the bungalow and smash the doors open. As a child Simon lived in the middle of the force from the giant Atlantic Ocean. Foster had seen native trackers finding hidden animals in the landscape of the Kalahari by being one with nature.
They could see every small little detail (things that a normal human could not even see) and follow it for hours. Foster made a film called the Great Dance with his brother. 18 years later, Foster was struggling with his life.
He had been working hard for a long time and had not slept properly for months. He was getting sick from all the pressure, and he didn't want to see a camera or an editing suite ever again. Foster had a boy named Tom who was growing up fast, and he found himself not being a good father to his own son.
Foster needed a radical change and decided to be one with the ocean and started free diving. The water was 8-9 degrees, and it pushed a flood of chemicals to his brain. The entire body came alive.
After a year, Foster got used to the cold and as his body adapted, it got easier to remain in the water for longer duration. While free diving, everything about Foster's equipment has to be perfect and he has to be ready for all eventualities. Foster opted not to have a scuba tank as it was not optimal for him.
He didn't even wear a wet suit as he wanted to get close to the environment and wanted no barriers. Gradually, Foster picked up his camera again. Foster found an area of the Kelp Forest where the forest dampened the ocean swell.
The whole forest is extremely murky, but for a 200-meter patch where Foster could dive and observe. He started to document his experiences and, in time, met a curious young octopus that captured his attention. On the first day, the Octopus was hiding behind seashells, and when Foster refused to leave, the Octopus swam away.
The film shows Foster's growing intimate relationship with the octopus as he follows her around for nearly a year. At first the Octopus is shy and hides from Foster in a slippery piece of Algae that she wraps all around her. Foster decides to meet the Octopus every day.
Foster brings a camera, and the Octopus starts playing with it. The caves next to the octopus were filled with pajama sharks that were her most serious predators. The predators had striped skin, incredible sense of smell and very aggressive.
By Day 26 the fear subsided. She started to come out and be very curious. The Octopus still was very cautious and kept all her arms inside her den, thus not taking any unsafe chances.
One day she reaches out with one tentacle and contact happens. Eventually she starts coming out of the den and she trusts Foster completely as she lets go of the den and brings all of her arms out, which removes the option of retreating into the den quickly in case anything goes wrong. Foster sees her walking on the ocean floor.
An octopus is a snail that lost its shell in evolution. It is a very fragile, liquid and soft animal that relies on its tremendous intelligence to deceive its predators. It has no parents to teach her anything.
It only lives for around a year. By Day 52, They form a bond where she plays with Foster and allows him into her world to see how she sleeps, lives, and eats. One day Foster drops a lens scaring her, and she swims away in fear.
Foster approaches her too fast and she leaves her den never to return there. Foster learns how to track an Octopus. He learns to distinguish between octopus tracks, sea urchin tracks, worm tracks and fish tracks.
He finds her again after a week. This time she grabs her hand and doesn't frighten even when Foster rises to the surface to breathe. She has 2000 suckers and 2/3rd of her cognition is in her arms, outside her brain.
She is a common octopus, species Vulgari. The octopus starts playing with Foster as the boundaries dissolve. Day 104, Foster goes in at night as Octopus as supposed to be nocturnal.
Whales are in the water. He finds her catching fish in shallow water, where the sharks can't come. Day 125, She frequently has to defend herself against pajama sharks.
In one attack upon her, the octopus loses an arm, and retreats to her den to recover, slowly regenerating the arm over three months. Foster feeds her during this time. By day 250, her confidence is back.
Day 271, the octopus hunts a crab and Foster films the entire sequence. She starts using Foster as part of her strategy to hunt lobsters. Foster starts to understand how the entire kelp forest ecosystem works.
Day 304, In a later shark attack, she shows an incredibly improved creativity to survive (she hides in the canopy of the kelp forest and later comes out from the surface to escape the attack), including sticking on the shark's back. Day 324, After mating with a male octopus and producing a large number of eggs, she dies naturally while tending to her eggs. Later, a shark scavenges her dead body and carries it off.
Foster describes the effect of this mentor-like relationship the octopus provided him, teaching him a lesson on the fragility of life and humanity's connection with nature. This transfers to Foster creating a deeper bond with his son Tom Foster as his son develops as a diver and marine biology student..