I just watched My Octopus Teacher on netflix. Beautiful scenery, great story...EXCEPT the part where he watches a shark tear off his "friend" arm. Then when the octopus dies, he lets her be picked apart by scavengers while she is still barely alive, until finally a shark gets her and drags whats left of her off to munch on.
My point is....IF they are going make "friends" with these wild animals...hug them, stroke them, the wild animal rushes to greet you....IF you make friends with them, they are now your responsibility to protect. He could have chased off the shark (small one...that focus on octopus only). He could have held her as she dies after taking care of her babies, which is what happens when they lay their eggs. All their energy and life goes into that..then they die as soon as they hatch. Well, she didn't. She was slowly eaten because she was too weak to defend herself. And did he protect his "friend"? No. Even when another shark was after her and she managed to ride its back until she could get to safety, he still did not help her. THEN DON'T FUCKING MAKE FRIENDS WITH THEM.
Same thing about that mother elephant and her baby, being filmed for days, weeks, to get to a water hole and a dust storm comes up and they film her and the baby GOING THE WRONG WAY. Of course they died. Yet, one must not "interfere with nature"? Really? They INTERFERE when THEY MAKE FRIENDS with the animal.
Grrrrrrrrrrrr. I am so pissed off. And sad.
My point is....IF they are going make "friends" with these wild animals...hug them, stroke them, the wild animal rushes to greet you....IF you make friends with them, they are now your responsibility to protect. He could have chased off the shark (small one...that focus on octopus only). He could have held her as she dies after taking care of her babies, which is what happens when they lay their eggs. All their energy and life goes into that..then they die as soon as they hatch. Well, she didn't. She was slowly eaten because she was too weak to defend herself. And did he protect his "friend"? No. Even when another shark was after her and she managed to ride its back until she could get to safety, he still did not help her. THEN DON'T FUCKING MAKE FRIENDS WITH THEM.
Same thing about that mother elephant and her baby, being filmed for days, weeks, to get to a water hole and a dust storm comes up and they film her and the baby GOING THE WRONG WAY. Of course they died. Yet, one must not "interfere with nature"? Really? They INTERFERE when THEY MAKE FRIENDS with the animal.
Grrrrrrrrrrrr. I am so pissed off. And sad.