Underwater videographer captures the shy nature of the common octopus. Free diver and underwater videographer, Eric Desmet, captured the shy nature of octopuses on two separate dives off the coast of Cannes, France. The first video shows a small common octopus taking shelter in a discarded tin can that had settled on the ocean floor, Eric had dived just 7 metres below the waters surface and recorded the opportunistic creature as it stowed away in the can to inspect a potential new home.