Secrets of the Octopus
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![A Dorado Octopus mother shielding eggs. (mandatory photo credit: Schmidt Ocean Institute)](https://www.dgepress.com/storage/uploads/49/32/49329B97-12E6-FAA6-9565-8F9AD5F2A463/103_SecretsOfTheOctopus_UHD_04-450x0.jpg)
![Storyteller and cephalopod expert, Dr. Alex Schnell. (photo credit: National Geographic/Harriet Spark)](https://www.dgepress.com/storage/uploads/E2/E1/E2E12272-D7A7-6727-0902-7D1C52281D60/103_SecretsOfTheOctopus_71-0x300.jpg)
![Storyteller and cephalopod expert, Dr. Alex Schnell. (photo credit: National Geographic/Harriet Spark)](https://www.dgepress.com/storage/uploads/67/3E/673E489E-B659-3311-B7BA-F239F09C537F/103_SecretsOfTheOctopus_72-0x300.jpg)
![Director and cinematographer, Adam Geiger, and cinematographer, Rory McGuinness, filming an interview with storyteller and cephalopod expert, Dr. Alex Schnell. The team are on board a dive vessel in Port Phillip Bay. (photo credit: National Geographic/Harriet Spark)](https://www.dgepress.com/storage/uploads/7E/46/7E462D56-D884-3239-693B-D3F2022BA2DB/103_SecretsOfTheOctopus_84-450x0.jpg)
Director and cinematographer, Adam Geiger, and cinematographer, Rory McGuinness, filming an interview with storyteller and cephalopod expert, Dr. Alex Schnell. The team are on board a dive vessel in Port Phillip Bay. (photo credit: National Geographic/Harriet Spark)
Episode: #3 "Social Networkers"
Air Date 04/21/2024
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![A Dorado Octopus upside down. (mandatory photo credit: Schmidt Ocean Institute)](https://www.dgepress.com/storage/uploads/C4/7E/C47EA8BD-ED25-DC89-33CD-0DB2AA45CBC5/103_SecretsOfTheOctopus_UHD_10-450x0.jpg)
![A Dorado Octopus. (mandatory photo credit: Schmidt Ocean Institute)](https://www.dgepress.com/storage/uploads/E1/22/E1220B9D-4800-44AB-E215-D88B1C1406B5/103_SecretsOfTheOctopus_UHD_09-450x0.jpg)
![Dorado Octopus nursery. (mandatory photo credit: Schmidt Ocean Institute)](https://www.dgepress.com/storage/uploads/6D/7B/6D7BCBAB-E169-C2AE-9576-5B96D9901873/103_SecretsOfTheOctopus_UHD_08-450x0.jpg)
![Dorado Octopus arm reaching out from under rocks. (mandatory photo credit: Schmidt Ocean Institute)](https://www.dgepress.com/storage/uploads/BC/32/BC32D95B-8305-9EC2-9F61-571509DF740A/103_SecretsOfTheOctopus_UHD_07-450x0.jpg)
![Dorado Octopus mother shielding eggs. (mandatory photo credit: Schmidt Ocean Institute)](https://www.dgepress.com/storage/uploads/C8/EF/C8EFE14D-0D76-1029-6EC2-95F712FC9F1C/103_SecretsOfTheOctopus_UHD_06-450x0.jpg)
![Dorado Octopus arms reaching out. (mandatory photo credit: Schmidt Ocean Institute)](https://www.dgepress.com/storage/uploads/EB/98/EB983CB8-4C1A-8F75-9BE8-77B8E0FB06E0/103_SecretsOfTheOctopus_UHD_05-450x0.jpg)
![Storyteller and cephalopod expert, Dr Alex Schnell on a pier in Port Phillip Bay. (photo credit: National Geographic/Harriet Spark)](https://www.dgepress.com/storage/uploads/C7/3B/C73B84DD-BAE7-75DB-673F-EC054ACD23FD/103_SecretsOfTheOctopus_70-0x300.jpg)
![A Dorado mother group with eggs. (mandatory photo credit: Schmidt Ocean Institute)](https://www.dgepress.com/storage/uploads/50/98/50987C39-B67A-9496-6725-B559C624B973/103_SecretsOfTheOctopus_UHD_03-450x0.jpg)
![Close up of a Dorado Octopus. (mandatory photo credit: Schmidt Ocean Institute)](https://www.dgepress.com/storage/uploads/AA/53/AA53A782-5CE1-EA8A-CD65-29A3A4C26953/103_SecretsOfTheOctopus_UHD_02-450x0.jpg)
![Dorado Octopuses with shrimp. (mandatory photo credit: Schmidt Ocean Institute)](https://www.dgepress.com/storage/uploads/62/1B/621B25EE-7E70-F4F0-BC27-F7B51C9B3170/103_SecretsOfTheOctopus_UHD_01-450x0.jpg)
![Dr. Alex Schnell observing a Southern keeled octopus (Octopus berrima) on a night dive in Port Phillip Bay. (photo credit: National Geographic)](https://www.dgepress.com/storage/uploads/CE/AD/CEAD96D4-5207-90F8-3F7D-945283E3B19D/103_SecretsOfTheOctopus_85_R-450x0.jpg)
![Director and cinematographer, Adam Geiger, runs through a dive plan with storyteller and cephalopod expert, Dr. Alex Schnell before entering the water to film octopus in Port Phillip Bay. (photo credit: National Geographic/Harriet Spark)](https://www.dgepress.com/storage/uploads/DD/4E/DD4E04F9-5A2F-C926-29C1-ED4F97815762/103_SecretsOfTheOctopus_76-0x300.jpg)
Director and cinematographer, Adam Geiger, runs through a dive plan with storyteller and cephalopod expert, Dr. Alex Schnell before entering the water to film octopus in Port Phillip Bay. (photo credit: National Geographic/Harriet Spark)
Episode: #3 "Social Networkers"
Air Date 04/21/2024
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![Cinematographer, Rory McGuinness, and camera assistant, Woody Spark, on board a dive vessel in Port Phillip Bay. (photo credit: National Geographic/Harriet Spark)](https://www.dgepress.com/storage/uploads/7C/6F/7C6F29F0-C800-0F10-EC46-FE0CB7F438AB/103_SecretsOfTheOctopus_78-450x0.jpg)
![Director and cinematographer, Adam Geiger, on board a dive vessel in Port Phillip Bay. (photo credit: National Geographic/Harriet Spark)](https://www.dgepress.com/storage/uploads/92/B3/92B372A7-A3E5-4DBF-2597-F2341F12BC96/103_SecretsOfTheOctopus_77-0x300.jpg)
![Storyteller and cephalopod expert, Dr. Alex Schnell on board a dive vessel in Port Phillip Bay. (photo credit: National Geographic/Harriet Spark)](https://www.dgepress.com/storage/uploads/00/2E/002E881C-6908-30C2-F87E-08BA674ADDD9/103_SecretsOfTheOctopus_79-0x300.jpg)
![Director and cinematographer, Adam Geiger, on board a dive vessel in Port Phillip Bay. (photo credit: National Geographic/Harriet Spark)](https://www.dgepress.com/storage/uploads/9F/A9/9FA992EF-0454-FA28-D471-5D456E2B896C/103_SecretsOfTheOctopus_75-450x0.jpg)
![Left to right: Cinematographer, Rory McGuinness, dive supervisor, Flemming Høyer, and Series Director and DoP, Adam Geiger, completing CCR safety checks to dive and film Day octopus (Octopus cyanea) on the Great Barrier Reef. (photo credit: National Geographic/Harriet Spark)](https://www.dgepress.com/storage/uploads/3B/99/3B99ADDC-6D70-654C-7EEE-48E298D27B52/103_SecretsOfTheOctopus_60-450x0.jpg)
Left to right: Cinematographer, Rory McGuinness, dive supervisor, Flemming Høyer, and Series Director and DoP, Adam Geiger, completing CCR safety checks to dive and film Day octopus (Octopus cyanea) on the Great Barrier Reef. (photo credit: National Geographic/Harriet Spark)
Episode: #3 "Social Networkers"
Air Date 04/21/2024
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![Secrets of the octopus crew, Ken Holmes, Dr. Alex Schnell, Flemming Høyer, Adam Geiger and Rory McGuinness, discussing plans to film Day octopus on the Great Barrier Reef. (photo credit: National Geographic/Harriet Spark)](https://www.dgepress.com/storage/uploads/A3/AA/A3AAAF08-F3BB-84F7-AC37-212FCD920BC2/103_SecretsOfTheOctopus_51-450x0.jpg)
Secrets of the octopus crew, Ken Holmes, Dr. Alex Schnell, Flemming Høyer, Adam Geiger and Rory McGuinness, discussing plans to film Day octopus on the Great Barrier Reef. (photo credit: National Geographic/Harriet Spark)
Episode: #3 "Social Networkers"
Air Date 04/21/2024
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![The camera room set up at the Lizard Island Research Station on the Great Barrier Reef. Multiple cameras were required each day to film Day octopus out on the reef. (photo credit: National Geographic/Harriet Spark)](https://www.dgepress.com/storage/uploads/0A/A1/0AA1AAFB-F1C1-4E2E-4203-3E17F5025697/103_SecretsOfTheOctopus_52-450x0.jpg)
The camera room set up at the Lizard Island Research Station on the Great Barrier Reef. Multiple cameras were required each day to film Day octopus out on the reef. (photo credit: National Geographic/Harriet Spark)
Episode: #3 "Social Networkers"
Air Date 04/21/2024
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![Camera assistant, Woody Spark, and cinematographer, Rory McGuinness, preparing cameras to film the Day octopus sequence on the Great Barrier Reef. (photo credit: National Geographic/Harriet Spark)](https://www.dgepress.com/storage/uploads/96/C8/96C85004-0047-A1E4-005F-8F5A6136C9A9/103_SecretsOfTheOctopus_53-450x0.jpg)
![Camera assistant, Woody Spark, and cinematographer, Rory McGuinness, preparing cameras to film the Day octopus sequence on the Great Barrier Reef. (photo credit: National Geographic/Harriet Spark)](https://www.dgepress.com/storage/uploads/66/7F/667F438E-79EF-0443-A9FE-F4FEC182DC72/103_SecretsOfTheOctopus_54-450x0.jpg)
![Lizard Island Research Station vessels moored by the shore on the Great Barrier Reef. (photo credit: National Geographic/Harriet Spark)](https://www.dgepress.com/storage/uploads/AE/D6/AED666D3-04CE-169A-D45B-1E9E8E0CB5C5/103_SecretsOfTheOctopus_55_R-450x0.jpg)
![Dive equipment organized on the beach in preparation to be loaded on boats so crew can go out and film Day octopus on the Great Barrier Reef. (photo credit: National Geographic/Harriet Spark)](https://www.dgepress.com/storage/uploads/5C/33/5C338388-53DF-12C5-3C94-1B32BE413C6A/103_SecretsOfTheOctopus_56-0x300.jpg)
![Associate producer and safety diver, Harriet Spark, after a CCR (rebreather) dive to film Day octopus on the Great Barrier Reef. (photo credit: National Geographic/Harriet Spark)](https://www.dgepress.com/storage/uploads/4A/2C/4A2CC39B-7F3F-56E3-7BA0-BDF158F455AF/103_SecretsOfTheOctopus_57-0x300.jpg)
![Cinematographer, Rory McGuinness, preparing his CCR to dive and film Day octopus (Octopus cyanea) on the Great Barrier Reef. (photo credit: National Geographic/Harriet Spark)](https://www.dgepress.com/storage/uploads/C5/0A/C50AA37A-971A-E541-2A5F-ED8617C1F5A2/103_SecretsOfTheOctopus_58-0x300.jpg)
![Series Director and DoP, Adam Geiger, preparing his CCR to dive and film Day octopus (Octopus cyanea) on the Great Barrier Reef. (photo credit: National Geographic/Harriet Spark)](https://www.dgepress.com/storage/uploads/A5/94/A594B8B9-8041-7F25-BF84-064E210FF880/103_SecretsOfTheOctopus_59-450x0.jpg)
![An Australian fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus) resting on a pier in Port Phillip Bay. Australian fur seals are known to prey upon octopus hiding under and around piers just like this one. (photo credit: National Geographic/Harriet Spark)](https://www.dgepress.com/storage/uploads/43/1F/431F99F1-AE05-7C65-3A9A-C81A66240A41/103_SecretsOfTheOctopus_73-0x300.jpg)
An Australian fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus) resting on a pier in Port Phillip Bay. Australian fur seals are known to prey upon octopus hiding under and around piers just like this one. (photo credit: National Geographic/Harriet Spark)
Episode: #3 "Social Networkers"
Air Date 04/21/2024
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![Director and cinematographer, Adam Geiger, preparing to descend on a dive to film Day octopus (Octopus cyanea) on the Great Barrier Reef. (photo credit: National Geographic/Harriet Spark)](https://www.dgepress.com/storage/uploads/E2/E6/E2E6741C-7786-DBD8-3376-48B6DF12F3E8/103_SecretsOfTheOctopus_61-0x300.jpg)
![Out on the water, under Australia's strong sun, Camera Assistant, Woody Spark, passing an underwater camera system to director and cinematographer, Adam Geiger, so that he can film Day octopus (Octopus cyanea) on the Great Barrier Reef. (photo credit: National Geographic/Harriet Spark)](https://www.dgepress.com/storage/uploads/CE/B4/CEB4A21D-2D7B-EAD6-5C3D-7939277CFEEC/103_SecretsOfTheOctopus_62-450x0.jpg)
Out on the water, under Australia's strong sun, Camera Assistant, Woody Spark, passing an underwater camera system to director and cinematographer, Adam Geiger, so that he can film Day octopus (Octopus cyanea) on the Great Barrier Reef. (photo credit: National Geographic/Harriet Spark)
Episode: #3 "Social Networkers"
Air Date 04/21/2024
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![Associate Producer mentee, Raquel Trejo, gearing up to SCUBA dive and scout for octopus in Port Philip Bay. (photo credit: National Geographic/Harriet Spark)](https://www.dgepress.com/storage/uploads/0D/3E/0D3E59AF-C027-3B47-3D90-44B170B7284B/103_SecretsOfTheOctopus_63-0x300.jpg)
![Storyteller and cephalopod expert, Dr Alex Schnell in full SCUBA gear, preparing to dive with octopus in Port Phillip Bay. (photo credit: National Geographic/Harriet Spark)](https://www.dgepress.com/storage/uploads/D9/E4/D9E41148-161D-E8AF-88DB-33A1B5253651/103_SecretsOfTheOctopus_64-0x300.jpg)
![Storyteller and cephalopod expert, Dr Alex Schnell, in full SCUBA gear, gives the 'ok' sign on the surface. (photo credit: National Geographic/Harriet Spark)](https://www.dgepress.com/storage/uploads/F9/7E/F97E3FE3-EAE8-838E-EBAA-0DEACDB467A6/103_SecretsOfTheOctopus_65-450x0.jpg)
![Storyteller and cephalopod expert, Dr Alex Schnell on the surface in full SCUBA gear. (photo credit: National Geographic/Harriet Spark)](https://www.dgepress.com/storage/uploads/73/7B/737B0747-6AAA-F9CE-A5EE-2F6484DFBCAE/103_SecretsOfTheOctopus_66-450x0.jpg)
![Director and cinematographer, Adam Geiger, gearing up for a CCR night dive in Port Phillip Bay. (photo credit: National Geographic/Harriet Spark)](https://www.dgepress.com/storage/uploads/E1/66/E1660EBC-39E6-FA99-ABD3-1451946FE0A4/103_SecretsOfTheOctopus_67-450x0.jpg)
![Storyteller and cephalopod expert, Dr Alex Schnell on a pier in Port Phillip Bay. (photo credit: National Geographic/Harriet Spark)](https://www.dgepress.com/storage/uploads/8C/43/8C43E222-F9D1-EA2C-12A4-C653FFB0B9B9/103_SecretsOfTheOctopus_68-0x300.jpg)