Little Octopus of Hong Kong

Every sunset a little octopus named 君 (“Gwon” meaning gentleman in Cantonese) swims over from the Deep South China Sea to a place called 海星灣 : Starfish Bay. It’s in a little area of Hong Kong (Ma On Shan) where it is quiet and peaceful.

The locals also go out in low tide to collect the clams that have appeared as they walk out into the bay. Little do they know, it’s actually little 君 stretching out his tentacles to create the low tides for the locals to pick their clams.

He smiles as he watches families spending time together, children laughing and kicking the water. And when they are all done, he swims back into the deep waters and visits again the next day.