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BBC Earth's octopus takes the hunt onto dry land

The Blue Planet III clip anchors six new uploads, alongside Singapore's urban wildlife and cranes crossing the Himalayas.

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Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.

The Octopus that Walks on Land | Blue Planet III | 4K | BBC Earth

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0:15A rock pool supplies the octopus with the oxygen she needs to breathe.
0:48She leaves the pool and crawls across exposed rocks to hunt.
1:05The octopus catches and eats a blenny.
1:45Small pools evaporate in the sun, leaving her stranded.
2:26She crawls toward the ocean; the outcome comes at 02:49.

A blenny makes a meal worth leaving the rock pool for. Getting back to water is the harder part for the octopus in BBC Earth's most-watched new upload, which has reached roughly 470,000 views.

In "The Octopus that Walks on Land | Blue Planet III | BBC Earth," she crawls across exposed rocks, catches a fish and then needs somewhere to breathe. A shallow puddle offers little security under the summer sun. As the pools evaporate, the hunt becomes a struggle to reach the ocean.

Viewers are talking about how long she manages outside the water, her changing color and the precarious return journey. One compares her time on land with their own chances underwater without breathing equipment; others imagine a distant future in which octopuses have mastered considerably more than a rocky shoreline.

The rest of the six-upload week ranges from Singapore's efforts to accommodate urban wildlife to newly hatched marine iguanas escaping racer snakes. "Asia's Natural Wonders | 4K UHD | BBC Earth" adds Himalayan crossings by demoiselle cranes and sea snakes hunting together on an exposed Indonesian reef.

BBC Earth collected about 12 million views across the week, with subscribers unchanged and daily viewing currently a little below its usual level. National Geographic is having a growing week, while WIRED's daily viewing is also above its norm.

For BBC Earth, the busiest viewing now belongs to "Extraordinary Big Cat Moments | BBC Earth," posted earlier in the month. The pollinator upload is close behind: amid all those predators, a case for letting lawns grow has found room to flourish.

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What viewers say

She survived on land considerably longer than I could survive underwater without breathing equipment.
@1258-EckhartSee it on YouTube
Give them a few hundred million years after we've gone and they'll be building spaceships
@grantbartley483See it on YouTube
The way the body color was changing was so alien like
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Silly Cephalopod...ya had us all scared there for a minute!
@CammieSueSee it on YouTube
It made it? Yes? 🐙
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Respect for all the effort behind this.
@NdyamweberwahiDavidSee it on YouTube
Thank you. I have learned even more about the natural world.
@WildHistoriasSee it on YouTube
There has never been a more beautiful wave than this one.. 🌊🐙🪸
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