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I suspect somebody was inspired by the Octonauts' Octopod, down to the "liquid door" hatch inside:

https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/octopod/images/f/fd/Octo...

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> down to the "liquid door" hatch inside:

Moon pools or wet porches have been ubiquitous in underwater habitats for many decades.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_pool

That you know of them through a cartoon is not a good criticism of the proposal.

Who's criticising? The Octonauts is an awesome show, and this concept is awesome too!

Moon Pools have been the cool thing since at least 1989. Can't have a water tentacle in your habitat without a moon pool.

I never really liked Octonauts. I was gutted when the kids were old enough that they didn't want to watch the latest Fireman Sam movie on the other hand - especially after I'd spent 2 years waiting for it :(

They grow up so fast.

Fireman Sam is trash. Long live Sarah and Duck! ;)

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Never thought I’d be giving shouts out to Sarah and Duck on HN but here we are. That show has a rare combination of real chill and real personality. As my son is aging out of Sarah and Duck, I’m hoping to find similar content to offer him that will be stimulating but not spastic like so many shows. I would also love to find more stuff like Beat Bugs and Motown Magic, which are a bit more typical but still wholesome.

How can you not like Octonauts?! It's so wholesome! Covers great topics about creatures that rarely get the exposure that their land-based comrades do, the characters are unique, funny, strong, and demonstrate all the qualities you would want scientists to have!

<3 Octonauts!

My nearly 5 year old is obsessed with Octonauts and is able to recite a lot of accurate factual information form their end of show "Creature Reports", now if i can only get him as obsessed with school.....

Get the hardcover books the show was based on. Beautiful artwork!!

Ehh.

On the one hand, I definitely agree they're beautiful! And creative, clever, etc.

On the other hand, the books are not grounded in actual sealife the way the show is. Coming from the show to the books, this was disappointing. Hopefully it's a better experience if you know that ahead of time!

I was seriously hoping it was going to be shaped like the Octopod. Instead, it looks like "my first Maya project". Very disappointing.

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