Craig Foster is a diver and wildlife film maker. Once he was1in cold waters when he saw an octopus(章鱼), an unbelievably2creature with many behaviors unknown to science, hiding under shells and stones.
3he began following her without any disturbance. For weeks she 4him, after 26 days of close watching, 5, the octopus realized Craig was not a danger, but a(n)6.
She 7and 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 was8.To help myself out, I felt like I needed to be in the ocean, my go to(必去的) happy place as a child. Luckily, the octopus, my friend, brought a kind9in 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 to12 intimate(亲密) moments of this octopus' short life by spending two hours 13 her every single day for a year. "Every time I interact(互动) with her, it's 14and healing, because she has 15in me. If you gain her trust, she will allow you to step into her secret world," he said.
Diving hi m self into this freezing underwater world has16calmed him down. Over the years, other animals have offered to make contact, but nothing ha 17 to his" once- in-a-lifetime" 18with the octopus. Craig says the greatest 19she has taught him is that humans are not simple 20, but part of the natural world.
