Sylvia A. Earle
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
The storm was brewing, so they were a little bit edgy.
They wanted me to hurry up and come back.
But just as I was about to lift off the bottom, I saw what I thought at first was like a big bag full of trash.
And I turned and looked, and then I saw it had eyes.
At first I thought it was a giant squid.
I'd never seen one.
Nobody had seen one at that time.
But it was an octopus.
Bigger than I am.
They're just incredible creatures.
And she was just looking at me.
And so I called up to the surface and said, there's an octopus here.
Just give me a chance at this stage.
I'll hurry back.
So we're putting tapes into it.
We didn't have the digital cards at that point.
But I turned the camera and I just filmed and filmed and filmed and then I realized I forgot to put a tape in.
Oh, no.
I didn't have anything except what I had in my head.
But again, I pleaded with it on the surface, please, I've got to stop.