Hardly a day passes without there being a news story discussing the damage that human beings are doing to the planet, particularly the garbage that ends up in rivers, lakes, and oceans. Every story we see is discouraging, but there are a lot of good and heartwarming stories out there, too. A lot of folks around the world are doing their part to try to turn the tides on the planet’s pollution problem, and it’s not an easy task. In fact, conservationists have estimated that the amount of garbage that’s in our environment equals more than 260,000 tons of plastic waste. Oh, and that’s just what’s in the oceans of the world.
Various types of plastics and even paints pollute Earth’s waters, and they’re hazardous to the creatures who live there. Occasionally, we find a good story about how people are making a difference, and these stories always remind us that we have to take care of the fragile lives that live in our oceans. A video has surfaced and gone viral because it shows that scuba divers in Lembeh, Indonesia did a very good deed for a baby veined octopus. The little octopus had sheltered inside a plastic cup that offered no protection for his fragile body. Remarkably, the team was able to convince the little guy to give up his cup for a shell.
One of the divers is Pall Sigurdsson, who found the octopus and was determined to not give up until he convinced the little creature to move to a safer home. Pall is an engineer and diver from Iceland and he loves filming animals that he frequently encounters on his underwater adventures. He explained what happened with the little octopus. He said that it was their third dive of the day and they were all getting tired when one of the other divers gave him a hand signal that he had discovered an octopus. The man indicated that Pall should come to help him. As a team, they were determined to help the little octopus make the move.
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In fact, they nearly ran out of air from their efforts, but they were able to convince him to move. Sadly, Pall said that he often sees sea creatures using garbage as their homes. It’s really sad. Watch the video below to see it all happen.
