Close up of an island octopus eye. (credit: National Geographic/Christian Dimitrius)Episode: #2 "Masterminds"Air Date 04/21/2024102_SecretsOfTheOctopus_UHD_04.jpg
A Coconut octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus). (National Geographic for Disney/Craig Parry)Episode: #2 "Masterminds"Air Date 04/21/2024102_SecretsOfTheOctopus_72_R.jpg
A Coconut octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus). (National Geographic for Disney/Craig Parry)Episode: #2 "Masterminds"Air Date 04/21/2024102_SecretsOfTheOctopus_73.jpg
Series Director, DoP and Cinematographer Adam Geiger and Cinematographer Rory McGuinness prepare to dive and film the Coconut octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) in Lembeh Strait. (National Geographic for Disney/Craig Parry)Episode: #2 "Masterminds"Air Date 04/21/2024102_SecretsOfTheOctopus_85.jpg
An island octopus with eyes out of the water. (credit: National Geographic/Christian Dimitrius)Episode: #2 "Masterminds"Air Date 04/21/2024102_SecretsOfTheOctopus_UHD_10.jpg
An island octopus peering above the water. (credit: National Geographic/Christian Dimitrius)Episode: #2 "Masterminds"Air Date 04/21/2024102_SecretsOfTheOctopus_UHD_09.jpg
An island octopus walking on the rocks. (credit: National Geographic/Christian Dimitrius)Episode: #2 "Masterminds"Air Date 04/21/2024102_SecretsOfTheOctopus_UHD_08.jpg
An island octopus walking on the rocks. (credit: National Geographic/Christian Dimitrius)Episode: #2 "Masterminds"Air Date 04/21/2024102_SecretsOfTheOctopus_UHD_07.jpg
An island octopus eating a crab. (credit: National Geographic/Christian Dimitrius)Episode: #2 "Masterminds"Air Date 04/21/2024102_SecretsOfTheOctopus_UHD_06.jpg
An island octopus walking on the rocks. (credit: National Geographic/Christian Dimitrius)Episode: #2 "Masterminds"Air Date 04/21/2024102_SecretsOfTheOctopus_UHD_05.jpg
Dr Alex Schnell adjusts her dive mask on the surface while snorkeling in Lembeh Strait. (National Geographic for Disney/Craig Parry)Episode: #2 "Masterminds"Air Date 04/21/2024102_SecretsOfTheOctopus_71.jpg
Close up of an island octopus eye. (credit: National Geographic/Christian Dimitrius)Episode: #2 "Masterminds"Air Date 04/21/2024102_SecretsOfTheOctopus_UHD_03.jpg
An island octopus eating a crab. (credit: National Geographic/Christian Dimitrius)Episode: #2 "Masterminds"Air Date 04/21/2024102_SecretsOfTheOctopus_UHD_02.jpg
Dr. Alex Schnell enters the water in preparation to dive down and observe the Coconut octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) in Lembeh Strait. (National Geographic for Disney/Craig Parry)Episode: #2 "Masterminds"Air Date 04/21/2024102_SecretsOfTheOctopus_87.jpg
Cinematographer Rory McGuinness enters the water in preparation to film the Coconut octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) in Lembeh Strait. (National Geographic for Disney/Craig Parry)Episode: #2 "Masterminds"Air Date 04/21/2024102_SecretsOfTheOctopus_86.jpg
Dr. Alex Schnell and Benhur Sarinda observe a Coconut octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) walking across the seafloor with clam shells held underneath her web. (National Geographic for Disney/Craig Parry)Episode: #2 "Masterminds"Air Date 04/21/2024102_SecretsOfTheOctopus_77_R.jpg
Dr. Alex Schnell places her hand near a Coconut octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) resting on the seafloor. (National Geographic for Disney/Craig Parry)Episode: #2 "Masterminds"Air Date 04/21/2024102_SecretsOfTheOctopus_79.jpg
Dr. Alex Schnell and Benhur Sarinda observe a Coconut octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) walking across the seafloor with clam shells held underneath her web. (National Geographic for Disney/Craig Parry)Episode: #2 "Masterminds"Air Date 04/21/2024102_SecretsOfTheOctopus_78.jpg
Dr. Alex Schnell reaches out to a tiny Coconut octopus (Amphiocotpus marginatus) while diving in Lembeh Strait. Alex waits to see if the octopus interacts with her. (National Geographic for Disney/Craig Parry)Episode: #2 "Masterminds"Air Date 04/21/2024102_SecretsOfTheOctopus_80.jpg
A Coconut octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus).(National Geographic for Disney/Craig Parry)Episode: #2 "Masterminds"Air Date 04/21/2024102_SecretsOfTheOctopus_76_R.jpg
Dr. Alex Schnell prepares her SCUBA gear on board a dive vessel in the Lembeh Strait. (National Geographic for Disney/Craig Parry)Episode: #2 "Masterminds"Air Date 04/21/2024102_SecretsOfTheOctopus_61.jpg
Director and Cinematographer, Adam Geiger, and Cinematographer, Rory McGuinnes, film Dr. C.E. O'Brien in the School for Field Studies lab in Turks and Caicos. (National Geographic for Disney/Harriet Spark)Episode: #2 "Masterminds"Air Date 04/21/2024102_SecretsOfTheOctopus_47.jpg
Associate Producer, Harriet Spark, prepares to dive the reefs in Turks and Caicos. (National Geographic for Disney)Episode: #2 "Masterminds"Air Date 04/21/2024102_SecretsOfTheOctopus_48.jpg
Dr. Alex Schnell prepares her SCUBA gear on board a dive vessel in the Lembeh Strait. (National Geographic for Disney/Craig Parry)Episode: #2 "Masterminds"Air Date 04/21/2024102_SecretsOfTheOctopus_49.jpg
Award-winning photographer and experienced local dive guide, Benhur Sarinda, is geared up and ready to dive Lembeh Strait. (National Geographic for Disney/Craig Parry)Episode: #2 "Masterminds"Air Date 04/21/2024102_SecretsOfTheOctopus_50.jpg
Dr. Alex Schnell surfaces after a dive observing Coconut octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) on the Lembeh Strait. (National Geographic for Disney/Craig Parry)Episode: #2 "Masterminds"Air Date 04/21/2024102_SecretsOfTheOctopus_51.jpg
A Coconut octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) pokes an eye out from between partially buried clam shells. Her powerful suckers hold the two shells together for protection from passing predators. (National Geographic for Disney/Craig Parry)Episode: #2 "Masterminds"Air Date 04/21/2024102_SecretsOfTheOctopus_53_R.jpg
A Coconut octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus).(National Geographic for Disney/Craig Parry)Episode: #2 "Masterminds"Air Date 04/21/2024102_SecretsOfTheOctopus_57.jpg
Dr. Alex Schnell prepares her SCUBA gear on board a dive vessel in the Lembeh Strait. (National Geographic for Disney/Craig Parry)Episode: #2 "Masterminds"Air Date 04/21/2024102_SecretsOfTheOctopus_59.jpg
Dr. Alex Schnell prepares her SCUBA gear on board a dive vessel in the Lembeh Strait. (National Geographic for Disney/Craig Parry)Episode: #2 "Masterminds"Air Date 04/21/2024102_SecretsOfTheOctopus_60.jpg
A Coconut octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus), peers up from where she is partially buried in the Lembeh Strait's black volcanic sand. (National Geographic for Disney/Craig Parry)Episode: #2 "Masterminds"Air Date 04/21/2024102_SecretsOfTheOctopus_74_R.jpg
Dr. Alex Schnell on board a dive vessel in the Lembeh Strait. (National Geographic for Disney/Craig Parry)Episode: #2 "Masterminds"Air Date 04/21/2024102_SecretsOfTheOctopus_62.jpg
Dr. Alex Schnell on board a dive vessel in the Lembeh Strait. (National Geographic for Disney/Craig Parry)Episode: #2 "Masterminds"Air Date 04/21/2024102_SecretsOfTheOctopus_63.jpg
Dr. Alex Schnell on board a dive vessel in the Lembeh Strait. (National Geographic for Disney/Craig Parry)Episode: #2 "Masterminds"Air Date 04/21/2024102_SecretsOfTheOctopus_64.jpg
Dr. Alex Schnell on board a dive vessel in the Lembeh Strait. (National Geographic for Disney/Craig Parry)Episode: #2 "Masterminds"Air Date 04/21/2024102_SecretsOfTheOctopus_65.jpg
Dr. Alex Schnell on board a dive vessel in the Lembeh Strait. (National Geographic for Disney/Craig Parry)Episode: #2 "Masterminds"Air Date 04/21/2024102_SecretsOfTheOctopus_66.jpg
Dr. Alex Schnell descending on a dive in the Lembeh Strait to find and observe the Coconut octopus (Amphiocotpus marginatus). (National Geographic for Disney/Craig Parry)Episode: #2 "Masterminds"Air Date 04/21/2024102_SecretsOfTheOctopus_67.jpg
Dr Alex Schnell adjusts her dive mask on the surface while snorkeling in Lembeh Strait. (National Geographic for Disney/Craig Parry)Episode: #2 "Masterminds"Air Date 04/21/2024102_SecretsOfTheOctopus_68_R.jpg
Dr Alex Schnell adjusts her dive mask on the surface while snorkeling in Lembeh Strait. (National Geographic for Disney/Craig Parry)Episode: #2 "Masterminds"Air Date 04/21/2024102_SecretsOfTheOctopus_69_R.jpg
Dr Alex Schnell adjusts her dive mask on the surface while snorkeling in Lembeh Strait. (National Geographic for Disney/Craig Parry)Episode: #2 "Masterminds"Air Date 04/21/2024102_SecretsOfTheOctopus_70.jpg