Famed underwater explorer Jacques - Yves Cousteau wrote: “At Marseilles, where our team began shooting the film on octopuses, most of our divers reported that there were no octopuses in the area; or, that if there had been some, they were no longer there.
إلّا ان الغطاسين كانوا في الحقيقة يمرون قرب الاخطبوطات دون ان ينتبهوا لها لأنها كانت متخفية ببراعة كبيرة بحيث تعذرت رؤيتها » .‏