They say that “cleanliness is next to godliness” although when one looks at the state of the planet, one an say that there aren’t that many “godly” humans.
It’s not enough that we are depleting our natural resources at an alarming rate, trash is just piling up everywhere.
It seems that anywhere you turn to, even in the most pristine locations, the inevitable evidence of human occupation seems to be there.
Watch this octopus clean its home below.
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Video credit: Rumble
The animal kingdom has suffered the most because of this as their habitats are either destroyed to make way for the human industry (as is happening in the Amazon rainforest) or they are choked out of their homes because of the amount of trash that is pouring in. Sea creatures are affected by this the most as the amount of trash in our oceans is just staggering.
Thankfully, there are several clean-up efforts that are being undertaken, though still woefully short on people and scale. While the impact these clean-ups may have is minuscule for now, hopefully, the future will see more people and governments opt-in on these critical programs to save the only home we have in the universe (and this will be true until we somehow manage to invent faster-than-light travel to colonize other solar systems).
Still, life itself is resilient and as they say, “if you’re thrown lemons, make lemonade.” And one cheeky octopus actually managed to do that by making a discarded plastic bucket on the ocean floor his tidy little home. Emphasis on the tidy because one diver caught the little guy cleaning house!
Eric Desmet was diving off Cannes, France, on August 2019 when he came upon the amusing sight. He immediately started recording the fascinating sight of an octopus cleaning house and moving around the discarded shells in his home. And you thought only humans could be compulsive cleaners!
What makes this encounter even more fascinating is the fact that octopuses don’t stay in one place for long, often relocating every 10 to 14 days. So for this octopus to meticulously clean what is in essence temporary shelter is quite incredible indeed.
These sea nomads are just doing what they do best, and that is thriving despite all the trash (literally!) that is thrown their way. And that’s just as it should be as these intelligent creatures don’t last very long in captivity (and are often smart enough to escape).
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