All language subtitles for My Best Friends an Animal S01E01.1080p.WEB.h264-EDITH

(UPLIFTING MUSIC)

NARRATOR: 'When it comes
to true friendship,

shape, size, or even species
is irrelevant.

Respect, trust and understanding

can be found in the most
surprising places,

creating incredible connections

that change our lives.

From daily catch-ups...'
(MAN CHUCKLING)

They do make me laugh,
jumping around.

NARRATOR: '..To unlikely kinships.'

(TIANA)So cute!

NARRATOR: 'And acts of kindness

that grow into lasting commitment.

(SHEREE) Hello, sweetie.

NARRATOR: 'The bond
of friendship is universal.'

(GENTLE MUSIC)

NARRATOR: 'In Florida, USA,
on the Gulf of Mexico,

lies a small waterside community.

Home to Dave Cox and his rather
unusual housemate and companion.'

I was born in Denver, Colorado,

and pretty much lived there
my whole life.

Grew up with goats, um, dogs, cats,

the typical pets,
then throughout our life,

my brother and I, we had...
Oh, my goodness,

ferrets and hamsters, um,

mice, a couple mice.

When my dog passed,
that was really hard.

When I would look into his eyes,

he was like:
"I'm here for you, Dave."

He was such an amazing friend.

I never imagined I could
replace that connection.

NARRATOR: 'In 2015,
soon after moving to Florida...

..another creature
would change his mind

in ways he never thought possible.

(DAVE) I was still mourning
the loss of my dog,

and it just struck me,
I was like: "You know what?

"I need a sweet little companion."

But, never imagined
considering even

bringing a farm animal
into the house.

Bit of a spur of the moment type.

The name just came to me.

Good morning!

"You're Sammy...

"Sammy Chicken."

(SAMMY CLUCKING)

Hi, Sammy.

Are you hungry?

(SAMMY CLUCKS)
Oh, yum-yum.

NARRATOR: 'Sammy is
a Rhode Island Red chicken.

She's five-and-a-half years old.'

Come on, girl. Let's go outside.

We always share a banana.
Every morning together,

it is our morning routine.

Yum-yum?

You are definitely
a messy eater, aren't you.

Can I have a piece?

Look at the forecast whether
we're going to out on the water,

um, kayaking, paddle-boarding.

Or sometimes,
we do have to go to work,

and, um, make money,
to pay the bills.

(WHIMSICAL MUSIC, SAMMY CLUCKING)

NARRATOR: 'Dave works
in residential construction,

always accompanied
by his feathered assistant.'

All right, girl.

We will, kind of, pack our lunch,

uh, get in the pick-up
and head off to the job site.

(UPBEAT MUSIC)

You're so soft, Sammy.

She's definitely my best friend.
She just stays with me.

She hangs out with me,
um, on the job site.

You gotta help me put the board up.

Who's gonna hold the other end?

Inside, outside,
she just very well adjusts.

Sammy, am I in the right spot?

(SAMMY CLUCKS)

(HAMMERING)

We talk during the day.

I'll call out to her, and she'll
just, kind of, cluck back.

Like: "Here I am.
Everything is good."

(SAMMY CLUCKS)

Yeah. Oh, you're right.

You're right,
it's another 12 inches.

NARRATOR: 'Since Sammy
came into Dave's life,

the pair have taken to exploring

as much of the US as possible.'

(DAVE) Every weekend,
I thought: "You know what?

"Let's go somewhere different."

I'm a twin, um, identical twin.

He passed away, uh, a few years ago.

He was... He was my best friend.

He had a tremendous dream to travel.

He wanted to see the world, but

didn't have that opportunity.

And so, um...

I'm really sorry. (SNIFFLES)

(VOICE WAVERS) Um...

As I started taking my road trips,

it is almost like Sammy is...

..Derek.

Um, like my twin, and...

through Sammy's eyes...

(STAMMERS)

I get to take my
twin brother with me,

and to see the things that he...

TEARFULLY: ..was never able to see.

(WHIMSICAL MUSIC)

NARRATOR: 'Today,
Dave and Sammy are heading out

for some midweek entertainment.'

Are you excited, Sammy?

We're almost there.

NARRATOR: 'A trip
to see some friends

play at the Crystal River
little league.'

We're, here, Sammy...

(CROWD CHEERING)

WOMAN: Woo!

(WOMAN) Softball, ready!

(DAVE) Shall we?

When we attend these events,

definitely we are
a bit of an attraction.

(CHILDREN CALLING OUT)

I have never seen a chicken
at a baseball game.

Really?Yeah.
I would imagine

she's excited for the refreshments.

(CROWD CHEERING)

Oh, my goodness.
Popcorn?

That would be amazing. Thank you!

Want some popcorn?
What's your chicken's name?

Her name is Sammy.-
Sammy?Yeah.

Look, she really likes that popcorn.

(DAVE) Thank you very much.

I think something
that is really sweet

is the children come up to pet her,

to say hi to her.

You wanna pet her?

Why don't you guys come up here?

It is truly, um,
just exciting to see the...

Their reaction,
asking questions about her.

So, go ahead and put it up
there for her.

Do you want some?

(CHILD 1)Wow!
(CHILD 2) Ow! (GIGGLES)

Wasn't too bad. More startling.

I couldn't tell you how many
hundreds of thousands of times

kids, adults, have said:
"Her feathers are so soft."

Or: "Wow, look at her orange eyes.

"I never looked at a chicken's face

up close like this before."

So, this is her comb.

If she'll let you feel it,
it kinda feels like a gummy worm.

If she'll let you feel it.
And then, this is her wattle.

To me, it feels like
a Fruit Roll-Up.

You ever had a Fruit Roll-Up?
Yeah.

Yeah.
(CHILD LAUGHS)

Good game, guys!
So, why don't we get a photo,

then you guys can pet her?
(KIDS GASP)

Would that work?
Yeah!

Can I kneel down next to you guys?
Of course.Yeah.

Wow!

(LAUGHTER)

(MAN) OK, smile!

(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS)

(MAJESTIC MUSIC)

NARRATOR: 'But it's the time
spent one-on-one

which Dave treasures the most.'

(DAVE) When we're in the kayak
and she's looking around...

There's a turtle in the water.
Do you see it poking its head up?

She gives me pause to appreciate

the beauty that is surrounding us.

Do you see something?

They understand love.

She doesn't come up and lick my face
like my dog did.

Oh, I love you, girl.

She has her way of showing it.

Almost every night, um,
I lie down on my bed,

she jumps up on the bed,
and she climbs up onto my chest,

and she puts her head
up close to my neck,

and she just sits there
with her head there.

When you see something
like that, I was like:

TEARFULLY: "You've come into my life
right when I needed you."

Um... Sorry.

She means the world to me.

OK, I guess we'll go back.

This was fun, wasn't it?

NARRATOR: 'Our animal friends
come in many shapes and sizes.

(GENTLE MUSIC)

'In the miniature village
of Bramble, England...

..the residents are just
starting their day

when they're paid a visit
by the village giant.'

(DULL THUDS)

(WHIMSICAL MUSIC)

(JEZ) My name's Jez Robinson,
I live in Rotherham, Yorkshire,

and we share the garden
with two mice families.

I think they're amazing.
I really do.

(CHEERFUL MUSIC)

It's like a little wildlife
sanctuary, to be honest, the garden.

We get birds, hedgehogs,
foxes, frogs.

There's all the wildflowers that run
along the front of the garden.

They're all designed for the bees,
insects, butterflies.

And then, obviously, we get two mice
families that live up there.

I can see one.
Good afternoon, mouse.

It's only me, don't worry.

NARRATOR: 'For the last three years,

Jez has been sharing his garden
with a group of mice.'

Good afternoon, little mouse.
How are you?

NARRATOR: 'And they've come
to mean a lot to him.

He's even named them
the Honeysuckles

and the Bramble family.'

I think I've gained trust of them
because they understand my voice.

They know when I talk,
they don't shoot off and disappear.

They are very much wild,
but it's nice.

It's a nice feeling, it really is.

(LIGHT MUSIC)

NARRATOR: 'It was by chance
that Jez discovered the mice.

A keen wildlife photographer,

he used to spend his time
in nearby national park,

the Peak District.'

I'll get up around
half four, quarter to five,

make a flask of coffee,
jump in the car

and just park up
and walk up by the river,

get to the spot
and start photographing them.

(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS)

I've been going there
for a long time.

Watch the deers rut on the big
moor, photographing them.

NARRATOR: 'Covid lockdown in 2020

meant that Jez wasn't able to leave
his house and visit the moors.

(UPLIFTING MUSIC)

But he refused to
put his camera down.

(JEZ) When we were told
we couldn't go out,

I thought I'd get some nice photos
of goldfinch, greenfinch
and other birds that visit.

While I were up here,
I literally were pointing my camera,

and spotted a mouse on t'decking.

Took a photo, and I've been
photographing and filming 'em
ever since.

It never occurred in
my wildest dreams

that they'd come,
and I'd be stood next to them

in't hedge,
waiting for me to feed 'em.

NARRATOR: 'Jez was immediately
smitten with his rodent friends,

and began spending every afternoon
in his garden with them.'

Around three o'clock,
when I finish work,

the mice never fail to come out.
They come out every single time.

There's one at the moment,
he's got a kink in his tail,

and we've called him Twiglet.

Um, there's another one,
called Poppet.

That's Poppet.

NARRATOR: 'Poppet has
a remarkable rescue story.

Being cared for first by Jez,

and now by
the Bramble mouse family.

One of my neighbours fetched it,
found it on the path near t'road,

I looked after it for a week,
and released it to the mouse family.

They've adopted four mice,
now, in three years,

and they look after 'em, and I think
that's absolutely amazing.

NARRATOR: 'Mice can live
in groups of up to two dozen,

and are known to raise
each other's babies.

No surprise, then,
that they've accepted Poppet -

and even Jez - as their own.

The ones you recognise
are quite individual,

and they have got their own
unique personalities.

NARRATOR: 'But with
birds of prey in the area,

Jez became worried about
his mouse family's safety.'

(JEZ) We do get sparrowhawks
in the garden,

so I thought:
"I'll build 'em a little wall."

So, I built 'em a stone wall.

Then, what I also did,
we made them some little houses.

So, just a bit more safety,
bit more protection.

I've got quite a few little houses.
There's Bramble Cottage,

that's one I made from
wood and tree bark.

And they've got a pub.
I made them a church.

NARRATOR: 'Bramble village
is a constant work in progress.

I've made a little house.
I've just finished painting it,

so I've got to add chimneys on.

So, what I'm gonna do is,
I'm just gonna get some glue,

and these are gonna be fitted
onto the house.

You can't have a house
without a chimney. (CHUCKLES)

So, this will be installed into...

We'll actually make it
in a permanent place,

but where it'll be going
is in the corner,

uh, so the mice can have
their own pub.

And that'll be called
the Frog and Mouse.

It's got disco lights, flash.

No, seriously.

At the touch of a button.

(WHIMSICAL MUSIC)

NARRATOR: 'Building houses
is not Jez's only hobby

that has come about
thanks to the mice.

I've been sending photos each week,

uh, to my grandkids,
Noah and Minnie.

I posted a few on my Facebook page,
and Noah and Minnie said:

"Grandad, "why don't
you start a Facebook page?

These photos are beautiful."

By December,
I'd got nearly 5,000 followers.

Crazy.

Good afternoon, guys.
Welcome to our garden on this, uh,

Thursday afternoon.

We're live on Facebook

with a mouse family
that live by the brambles.

(LAUGHS)

Yeah, little Poppet's
in the hedgerow, now.

Earlier on this morning,
he were down below.

I go live every day. I have been
doing for over a year, now.

And look at Twiglet.
I don't know if you can see Twiglet,

with t'tail.
You can see the kink in its tail.

(LAUGHS)
Still going strong.

Fast forwarding to three years,

and I've 193,000 followers
on Facebook,

and with the other
social media platforms,

I think it totals around
300,000 followers.

How crazy's that?

Absolutely magical.
Oh! (CHUCKLES)

Hello, you!

They give people a smile,
a big smile,

and that's what it's all about.

Well, they certainly
put on a show for us, today.

(LAUGHS)

Thanks for joining us,
and thanks for that, mice.

Absolutely brilliant.
Superstars, yet again.

(ETHEREAL MUSIC)

NARRATOR: 'Jez shows his
appreciation

by offering the mice
a homemade treat.

(JEZ) Call it Yorkshire tea.
We're in Yorkshire.

And I make that from
crushed peanuts,

hazelnut paste and, um,

rose hips what I collect from
the meadows just over the hill.

And I mash it all up,
put it in the blender,

mix it all up, and it... into a
paste. The mice absolutely love it.

Just putting a bit of this Yorkshire
tea mix on. They do love it.

Can see how much they like it.
Uh, excuse me, mouse.

Taking it off my stick.

I feel blessed that they trust me.

It's quite a unique friendship
with these little creatures.

Like a bit of a human friendship.

Look how much they enjoy that.

Close their eyes: "Mm, yum,
yum, yum, Yorkshire tea."

(LAUGHS)

I do love the mice. You get attached
to them, you really do.

They're the cutest little
creatures you'll ever see,

with their little pink noses
and their big ears.

Yeah, absolutely amazing.

Just gives me a big smile.

(CRICKETS CHIRPING)

NARRATOR: 'Whilst some
friendships are carefree,

others come with great
importance and responsibility.

(SOFT MUSIC)

'In the shadow of Mount Kenya

is the 140 square mile
Ol Pejeta wildlife conservancy.

A protected wonderland
where East Africa's animals

can roam safe from human harm.

And there's two creatures here
that need extra special protection.

Fatu and Najin are the last two
northern white rhinos on the planet.

(PENSIVE MUSIC)

NARRATOR: 'One man has a unique bond

with this pair of beautiful
and precious animals.

Fatu!

(CHEERFUL MUSIC)

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

NARRATOR: 'Najin is mother to Fatu,

who is distinguishable
by her broken horn.

They came to the conservancy
from a zoo in Europe.

They now live in the semi-wild,

amongst a group of
southern white rhinos.'

No, stay!

Fatu!

NARRATOR: 'There is one more
sound that Zach recognises

from this thick-skinned duo.'

(LAUGHS)

NARRATOR: 'Zach's love for rhinos
began over 20 years ago.'

(ETHEREAL MUSIC)

NARRATOR: 'Zach has dedicated
his life to Najin and Fatu.

NARRATOR: But extinction
is inevitable.

When Najin and Fatu die,
their species will be gone.

In a peaceful area of
the conservancy,

Zach likes to pay his respects
to an old friend.

(MELANCHOLIC MUSIC)

NARRATOR:
'Sudan was the father of Najin.

He lived until he was 45,

and died of natural causes.

But other rhinos
were not so fortunate.

NARRATOR: 'Without the protection
from the conservancy

and the care of Zach,

Najin and Fatu would also be hunted

and killed for their horns.

Stop!

NARRATOR:
'Zach is determined to ensure

that Najin and Fatu
live out the rest of their days

in the best possible way.'

(DISTANT SIRENS)

NARRATOR: 'Some creatures
are harder to love than others.

Los Angeles, California.'

(LIGHT MUSIC)

Good morning, guys!

What are you doing, sweetie?

Did you guys sleep well?

You're all waking up!

NARRATOR: 'These close companions

are not for the faint-hearted.

(TENSE DRAMATIC MUSIC)

NARRATOR: 'Tiana Gayton
is friends with 20 spiders.'

(CHUCKLES) So cute!

(SOFT MUSIC)

I call them "web puppies."
(CHUCKLES)

They're so cute!

NARRATOR: 'But none come
as close in Tiana's affections

as one special arachnid.'

Here we go.

My best friend is Rose,

and she is a regal jumping spider.

Hi, sweetie!

I look forward to spending time
with her every day.

I absolutely love Rose.

I've had Rose the longest,
and she's literally

changed my whole perspective
of spiders.

NARRATOR: 'It hasn't always
been a web of love.'

I used to actually
be afraid of spiders.

I would, you know, be terrified
if I saw one on the wall,

or if I saw one running across,
I would panic, literally.

NARRATOR: 'Tiana decided that
something needed to change.

I realized that I wanted to
intentionally conquer my fear,

and that's when it all started.

NARRATOR:
'She jumped in at the deep end,

inviting some new friends
into her home.'

(TIANA) They're all in
their individual little habitats

that I made by hand,
including the tree houses

and, you know, I
put the little trees

and little stumps in there.

NARRATOR: 'Tiana's companions
are regal jumping spiders,

native to the US and Caribbean.'

So, this is Toby.

Um, I made that tree house,

and I wrap it in moss.

Um, this is actually
the base of the moss

that I put on the bottom.

Um, he gets a bench,
a couple pine cones.

Um, the ladders, I actually
put two ladders together,

because his was a little higher up.

Um, and he's actually
in his tree house, right now.

(CHEERFUL MUSIC)

With the tree houses,
I actually, um,

bought pieces of wood
and designed them.

They're all unique
according to, um...

You know, just different
unique styles that I created.

They actually really love
their spaces,

and they, you know, roam about,

and, you know,
sit on their benches to relax.

They'll make tiny little,
I call them hammocks.

They'll put one in their house,
even put one down by a tree,

so they have options
on where to sleep at night.

It's just really adorable
to watch them actually

make their tree house,
uh, habitats their own.

Here we go.

There you go!

That's Rose.

Here she is.

You looking at everybody?

Say hi!

Rose is so unique.
She's very curious,

um, very excited, a tiny little
adventurer when she comes out.

Where are you going?

She's so fun. She's just
so warm and welcoming,

and just that curiosity
makes me immediately

connect with her when I got her.

It really opened my eyes
to how big of a personality

something so tiny can have.

All right, go on.

When she turns her body and
looks at me, and puts her arms up,

I know that means
she wants uppies, you know,

I'll put my hand out
and pick her up.

She'll climb up to my shoulder
and then turn around

and cuddle up with me.

NARRATOR: 'Tiana has come a long way
since her bug-fearing days.

(TIANA CHUCKLES)

A long time ago,
I would've never even

gotten close to a jumping spider,

or a spider in general.

A lot of people don't
really understand how special

a spider can actually be,
that you can actually

create a friendship with them,
so I wanna continue that, you know,

and show other people
how friendly they actually are.

'Tiana and Rose are about
to embark on a mission.'

Guess what we're gonna do today.

We're gonna go talk to some kids,

and tell them to stop
being afraid of spiders!

NARRATOR:
'Tiana is always keen to share

her love for the spiders
with others.'

We have five spiders
that you're gonna meet!

Isn't that cool?
Yeah.

Look, this is Ruby!

(GIRL) Ruby.
Ruby!

(BOY) He's my favourite.
Toby.

That's my boy, he's really big.

We have Rose.

(GIRL)Yay!
Rose!

(TIANA) Here's Ruby.

(CHILD EXCLAIMS)
Here's Ruby.

(GIRL) Oh, my God.
(BOY) He's a giant!

He's so big!

When you conquer a fear,
you're growing.

Anybody want to try
holding a spider?

Me!Me!
Yeah, everyone?

(TIANA) Being able to expose
them to conquering those fears,

I feel like it's just
such a beautiful opportunity.

(CHILD GIGGLES) Yeah.
Are you ready?

You have to be brave.

(CHILD EXCLAIMS)

They have eight eyes.
Two in the front,

they help them to focus
and see colour,

and the other six actually
help them to see movement.

And you used to be afraid
of spiders? Yeah?

A lot.
A lot?

I thought they were gonna bite me.
But did they? No.

(LAUGHS)

(SOFT MUSIC)

If you do really try to understand,

um, a jumping spider better,
you'll see that they really

are something that
you can connect with.

There's true connection there.

I'm so surprised that I was
ever afraid of spiders, because...

at this point in my life, I...

appreciate all the things
that I used to be afraid of.

Watching how their tiny
little legs move, and how they

reach for things and when they tilt
their head to look up.

It's just so adorable. Their
characteristics are so cute to me.

When I look at Rose,
and I can see that,

in her own way, she communicates

with head tilts, you know,
when I talk to her.

And she'll, you know,
walk in a certain direction

and turn her body,
look at me and put her arms up.

You can see that they
are their own tiny beings,

and that they actually
like connection.

They don't often get the opportunity

to even experience that,
because of misunderstandings.

Rose, all of my spiders,

they have changed so many
people's perspectives,

helped people conquer their fears
who were arachnophobic.

And that's the goal.
That's the goal,

is to really show the truth
about these spiders,

so that people can say: "Wow,
I've been afraid for no reason."

And you can actually become best
friends with something so tiny.

NARRATOR: 'In the jungle
of Liberia, West Africa...

(CHEERFUL MUSIC)

..is the Libassa Wildlife Sanctuary,

where everyone is eager
for breakfast.'

NARRATOR: 'Bayan cares
for many animals here.

But there's one
he's especially fond of,

an orphan pangolin, named Wolah.

(ETHEREAL MUSIC)

NARRATOR: 'But Wolah does
need protection from humans.

The pangolin is the most
trafficked animal in the world,

coveted for its meat
and leathery scales.

A long history of war
and political instability

means that animal conservation
has not been a priority

for many Liberians.

NARRATOR:
'Preparing Wolah for release

means helping him learn
vital life skills,

like finding food.'

NARRATOR: 'Pangolins are raised
by their parents

for the first two years
of their lives.

The crucial job of teaching him
the skills to survive

has now fallen to Bayan.'

(ENGINE RUMBLING)

NARRATOR:
'Bayan's role as Wolah's carer

is coming to an end.

The time has come
for him to return to the wild.'

(ETHEREAL MUSIC)

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

NARRATOR: 'Some friendships
span generations.

On the south-east coast of
Australia,

marine biologist Sheree Marris,
is on a rescue mission.'

(UPBEAT MUSIC)

So, someone has given me a call,
and they've found a pipe washed up

with an octopus in it.

Here is a beautiful...

..little girl.

That's her saying:
"I'm really not happy."

NARRATOR:
'Sheree dedicates her spare time

to rescuing stranded octopuses
washed up on the beach.'

So the quicker we get her
out in the water,

and out in the deeper water,

the happier that she'll be,
and that I'll be.

NARRATOR: 'Sheree's love for
these tentacled sea creatures

began in 2020... when an amazing
encounter changed her life.

(SHEREE) I would walk
every morning along the beach.

And it was winter, so, you know,

lots of winds and waves,
and it would be tossing up

all these incredible treasures
from the ocean.

(LIGHT MUSIC)

One morning we found a pipe,
and I had a look,

and I just saw this ruby colour,

and I saw that it was an octopus.

And not only was it an octopus,
it was a mother octopus,

because I could see these
beautiful, delicate little eggs.

Oh, they're little babies!

I thought: "Well, if
I leave her here,

"she's gonna perish and die."

I then witnessed one of the most
incredible behaviours.

Oh, my Lord, look!

She started pushing the pipe
back into the water.

It's incredible.

As a mother, her instinct kicked in,

and she was trying to do
everything that she could

to protect her babies.

Isn't that just phenomenal?

You're a wonderful mum!

I knew that the winds
were gonna be picking up,

so I thought: "I need to fasten
that pipe to a structure,

to make sure that she doesn't
roll back up on the beach.

Look at that - how extraordinary.

I just grabbed what I could,
which was, you know,

I found a brick, I had some rope.

And we put her back out
into deeper water.

NARRATOR: 'Sheree named the octopus
Kacy, meaning "warrior mother."'

Once I put her back out there,
I was then determined

to go and check on her every day.

I just wanted to make sure
that she was OK.

(MAJESTIC MUSIC)

NARRATOR: 'Sheree and Kacy's
friendship began to grow.'

Every time I went out there,
I felt as though

she would get
more comfortable with me.

She would start fully coming out.

I knew that she was starting
to recognise me.

She would reach out for the camera.

And then I could also see
the babies developing,

to the point where I could
actually see their eyes developing
in the eggs.

So we started developing
this really incredible bond.

NARRATOR: 'Octopuses are normally
loners, and highly territorial,

but Kacy allowed Sheree
into her life.'

(SHEREE) I'd heard
a lot about octopus

being incredibly intelligent,
but until I was immersed

and I had that experience myself,

it just really blew my mind.

(MELANCHOLY MUSIC)

NARRATOR: 'But
then, disaster struck.'

(SHEREE) One day I went out,
and she wasn't there.

I was absolutely heartbroken.

NARRATOR: 'Kacy's pipe had detached
from the brick and washed away.'

I was so sad! And I'm just thinking:

"I hope she's OK.
I hope her babies are OK."

'Sheree wasted no time
in looking for her.'

We were out there
at six o'clock in the morning,

every morning, without fail,
with our torches.

And we would walk along the beach.

As the sun was coming up,

potentially Kacy
could've dried out and died,

or, more than likely,

she would've been a nice
little meal for all the birds

that were, kind of,
starting to wake up.

And then...

It was just so extraordinary.

About 2km from where we put her...

I saw this plastic tube pipe
on the beach,

and I looked in,
and I could see the eggs,

but there was no Kacy.

And then, probably about 100 metres,

basically marooned on
a sea grass bed,

because it was low tide, was Kacy.

And I thought: "Wow, she's dead."

And I went over and I looked at her.

She started moving
and changing colour.

And my heart just,
like, just skipped,

and I thought:
"Oh, my goodness, you're alive."

To find her at that point in time,

and for us to find her,
was extraordinary.

And so I thought: "OK, we've got
a second chance." And...

who gets a second chance
at things like that?

(UPLIFTING MUSIC)

NARRATOR: 'As soon as dawn broke,
Sheree got to work.'

(SHEREE) I realised I needed
something a little bit more secure.

So I used some stainless steel
plumber's clamps

to make sure that I could then
tie those clamps to the brick,

and then to the pipe.

And then I swam her out
further into the depths,

and then again,
the journey started again.

I then went
and visited her every day.

NARRATOR: 'But Sheree knew that the
friendship couldn't last forever.'

They live for about
one-and-a-half years,

so they've only got a really short
lifespan, which is traditional
of most octopus.

And it's actually quite sad,
the life cycle.

So, when the females
lay the eggs, they stop eating,

their body starts to deteriorate,

and when the eggs hatch,
they then die.

I knew I didn't have
a lot more time with her.

I just got so connected to her,

and every time, I'd be going out,

and I'd be crossing
my fingers, thinking:

"I hope she's still here.
"I hope she's still here."

In all reality, I knew
that it was coming to the end.

And one day, I went out there,
and yeah, she wasn't there.

(GENTLE MUSIC)

NARRATOR: 'But Kacy's death
was not the end of the story.'

The great thing was,
I could see the eggs,

and I could see that they'd hatched.

(LIGHT MUSIC)

NARRATOR: 'Kacy's eggs had survived,

thanks to Sheree's rescue mission.'

So, really, I'm a pseudo octo-mum,

which is very, very cool.

So, they're out there,
jetting around, probably.

At this time, they'd be breeding
and having their own babies,

which is really cool.

NARRATOR: 'Sheree remains optimistic

that one day
she will see the babies again.

If this was one of Kacy's babies...

..that'd be pretty incredible.
She's small!

So, maybe it is.

I think I'll call her Piper.

Hello, sweetie.

Hi!

All right, we're gonna
get her back in the water.

There you go, beautiful.
There you go, yeah.

NARRATOR: 'Kacy may be gone,
but her legacy continues.'

(SHEREE) OK, Piper, let's go home,

to your fancy-pants
new high-rise apartment.

(ETHEREAL MUSIC)

I'm surprised by
how emotionally connected

and invested you can be
with something that is underwater.

So, I've got another
little friend, now,

that I can visit,
another octopus friend.

Ah, my cup is full.

I'm so fortunate to

have such a magical experience
with a wild animal.

(UPLIFTING MUSIC)

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