Blue Planet II Shows How One Octopus Outsmarts a Shark by Covering Itself in Shells

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It was the stuff of superhero movie plot lines, but this outstanding underwater altercation really happened and was luckily caught on camera by the talented Blue Planet 2 camera crew. In an “octopus versus shark” mega battle of wits and will, the sequence took place in a South African kelp forest as the hunter, an octopus on the trail of a tasty dinner, became the hunted. The octopus responded in the most extraordinary way.