Diver Craig Foster developed a unique relationship with a friendly octopus that led to a documentary, "My Octopus Teacher," that's being released just in time for World Ocean Day. Foster's friendship with the cephalopod is an extraordinary one; people don't often get to form bonds like this with the creatures like they might with some sea mammals.
Most of us are unlikely to get this same experience, but if you could try it... would you? If an experience to swim with an octopus suddenly presented itself--maybe at a tourist trap, like a "swim with the dolphins" exhibit--would you go for it? I am pretty sure The Goonies ruined that for me. They are SO smart, and once you combine that with the tentacles, suction cups and beak... yeah. I'd rather not.
What about you? Would you want to befriend an octopus?