Craig Foster is a diver and wildlife filmmaker. Once he was diving in 1 cold waters when he saw an octopus (章鱼), an unbelievably shy creature with many behaviors unknown to science, 2 under shells and stones.
3 , he began following her without any disturbance. For weeks she 4 him, after 26 days of close watching, 5, the octopus realized Craig was not a danger, but a(n) 6 .She 7 and allowed Craig into her life. Both Craig and the octopus enjoyed a mutual(相互的) learning and exploration.
Before coming across the octopus, Craig was once in a dark and stressful period. "I was 8. To help myself out, I felt like I needed to be in the ocean, my go-to happy place as a child. Luckily, the octopus, my friend, brought a kind of 9 in my heart," he recalled.
Now Craig regards this daily diving 10 as a way of dealing with the depression that once left him 11 and disconnected. He is able to 12 intimate(亲密的)moments of this octopus' short life by spending two hours 13 her every single day for a year. "Every time I interact with her, it's14 and healing, because she has 15in me. If you gain her trust, she will allow you to step into her secret world," he said.
16 himself into this freezing underwater world has calmed his mind. Over the years, other animals have offered to make contact, but nothing has17to his "once-in-a-lifetime"18with the octopus. Craig says the greatest19she has taught him is that humans are not simple 20, but part of the natural world.
