Wading through the lagoon, Ellai paused before momentarily submerging himself in the knee-deep water. I could see two tentacles wrapped around his legs. "I see her almost every day," he said, pulling an octopus out with his hands. As he continued walking through the lagoon, he gently raised stingrays, pufferfish and a turtle weighing roughly 30kg from the water. He explained how he fishes for food like this, with his bare hands, as his Socotri ancestors did before him.