Octopus selfie off Vancouver Island as giant Pacific take camera from diver
After climbing all over the two divers, the octopus was drawn to one of their cameras. John said: "It reached out, stretched its arms and engulfed my camera completely giving us this incredible view of its suckers."John let go of the camera and for a while the octopus carried the kit around making its own "personal photoshoot", even managing to turn the camera off after a few minutes.
Chris said: "It's just the coolest thing to see"So what did experienced videographer John Roney think of the filming? "Ten out of 10 underwater videographer for the octopus," Roney told CBC. "Honestly, the best footage of inside an octopus's web I've seen an octopus take."
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Meghan Markle is a 'fraud' who is 'milking' her fame from Prince Harry to 'sucker people' into buying her products, leading US brand experts claim
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Mr Millar believes that As Ever lacks authenticity because he claims that Meghan is 'pretending' to be a domestic goddess and most people don't believe it. But he added that the people who have rushed to buy her wine, jam, crepe mix and tea shows 'how gullible a lot of consumers are'. Canadian lawyer Phillip Millar and California marketing executive Camille Moore, stars of popular The Art of the Brand podcast, believe the launch and concept of her lifestyle business has been one of the worst they have ever seen He said: 'She's not substantial. I'm agitated by her so much because it is a deliberate misrepresentation of what she is because she thinks she can pretend to be that while actually being this and sucker people into buying her stuff and every step of the way she's failing because it's not legitimate. It's not intelligent. It's not well executed. 'There was nothing about her brand that was good from the start to a distinguishing eye. 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He said: 'Her brand should be I'm a disruptor. I go into TV. I make noise. I go into the Royal Family. I make noise. She should brand herself as a rebel, but she's not consistent with what she is. 'She should be a disruptor and sell products that are not that expensive and that represent disruption, but that audience is not spending a lot of money'. Ms Moore said Meghan is responsible 'for really probably having the worst brand execution to date', adding: 'She's had zero ownership in this business. It's effectively like she's just like labeling her brand'. She added: 'I feel like she's doing such a brutal or good job, depending on how you're looking at it, of getting this like free PR and then absolutely s***ing the bed'. When she started posting links on the ShopMy e-commerce site, some thought that this was going to prove an irresistible source of serious income for the Duchess of Sussex. 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Daily Mail
a day ago
- Daily Mail
Fake Or Fortune drama as art collector takes a gamble and turns down HUGE sum for his 'lost masterpiece' painting
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