The Miraculous Octopus
This week join Roger Billings and the Science Live crew in an exploration of one of nature’s most remarkable creatures: the octopus!
We’ll learn about the octopus’s remarkable camouflage abilities and the science that allows them to change color and texture in as little as 200 milliseconds. Did you know they have no backbone and not one, but three hearts! Discover more fascinating facts and fun stories about these remarkably intelligent creatures.
This episode also includes updates on Acellus World – a new cyber school program, and don’t miss the hilarious segment where R51 attempts — with mixed results — to train an octopus named Octagon.
About DrB
Dr. Roger Billings is a visionary innovator whose work has touched the lives of millions of students and transformed the landscape of education. Widely known as “DrB” to the countless kids who benefit from his groundbreaking Acellus learning system, Dr. Billings has dedicated his life to advancing education through technology.
As part of DrB’s lifelong commitment to supporting education, Science LIVE was launched as a way to “give back” by mentoring students in conjunction with the Roger Billings Scholarship Program.
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So interesting!
Thanks for putting this on I loved it !
Octopus are so fascinating
Very interesting that there’s a type of octopus that can change its texture, color, and behavior.
Interesting facts and video about the octopus
hello from North Carolina!
octopus’s are very interesting
If they can fit through tiny holes, what happens to their brains?
What does miraculous?
Octopus are really cool!
hi from cali
I love this video!
best video ever 3 favorite
The way that the octopus 🐙 is a ble to camouflage itself is amazing! I wish I had that superpower sometimes lol
That was awesome learning about octopus
Octopi are fascinating to me. How they can get through tiny spaces is crazy!
Thank you for this weeks episode!
I really enjoyed today’s science live!
I love learning about octopus and their ability to mimic things around them
I learned about how the octopus can change its colors.
Can octopus live an land HI form Mo
This was a cool episode.
I didn’t know that octopus’s could camouflage :() thats really coool!!!
I can’t wait for acellus world 🙂
I like how the octopus can shape shift to prevent them getting killed by predators
Hello from Kentucky
Wow, octopus are just amazing, I did know a lot about them, but I learned a lot of new things about them too!
it is really facinating that octopi are extremely intellegent and strategic!
Wow each one is so different!
i enjoyed this live
hey from MT
Hello from IN 💜🧡💛💙
science live is absolutely amazing
Loving this science live session as always, keep it up
Octopus are awesome! Wonderful video!
Awww the octopus is so cute I love watching and learning new things.
great video
I love octopuses! The different colors and shapes they come in is fascinating
this is so interesting!
Great science live this week, I’ve always found octopus to be very interesting. They are very smart, I watched a guy on youtube teach an octopus to play the piano.
This was a great video I loved learning about octopuses.
mimic octopus can impersonate 15 other sea creatures
I wander if we can hook up an octopus to Ai.
Another great Science Live!
Enjoyed learning about the octopus. Thank you Acellus.
Thanks again I learn more and more everytime.
Octopus are such cool creatures
R-51 thought Octagon couldn’t do anything, but when he wasn’t looking, Octagon did those things, but when R-51 turned back, it looked like he didn’t do anything. I loved learning about octopi!
Hi from mississippi
I love how many classes there are! Also octipi are amazing!
I didn’t realize octopuses had so many brains! I knew they were smart, but that’s crazy!
I love learning about sea creatures!
I love octopuses
hello from texas! did anyone wach the wrong lesson from last week by acsadent?
Have a good week had so much fun learning about octopus
Learning about octopi was really cool today!
Why are battery components so expensive?
I never knew that some octopi cool fit through a hole the size of a quarter!
Octopus are strange but cool.
its cool how octopus can change color and act like other animals and remember peoples faces.
How do octopuses have three hearts?
My favorite part was learning about the octopus. I hope someday scientists can figure out how to use the abilities that the octopus has in technology today. I also think you guys should get an octopus for the school and then you can bring it to one of the science live episodes.
A little late, but this episode was amazing!
the snail part was awesome
I learned that octopus can mimic about fifteen different animals.
You inspired me when I saw the octopus fit through the quarter size hole. I want to see that in real life one day. Maybe I want to study octopus when I get older.
What a cute octopus!
I liked learning how an octopi can change colors by its pigments and around the pigments are muscles which is how octopi change colors.
octopuses are so interesting.
who knew an octopus could be so awesome! And hello from Ky!
Hello from massachusetts
It is cool that they can blend in
love thisssss
This is so cool!
Great lesson, keep it up!
I love octopus.
how does a rocket come back to earth
Wow amazing things learned about the octopus and I love how they mimic other peratdors to escape dangerous stsiutaions.
I enjoyed learning about the octopus. Looking forward to next week.
Best part of the day
This live was so fun! Octopus are so much more complex then I first thought!
Good evening from Georgia!
That is so cool! Thank you so much Science Live for doing these videos. I love watching them.
Are octopus smarter than humans hi form mo
Good live this week
This was so cool
I really liked the video and learning about octopi.
Great science live today!!! that octopus was really awesome!!
I loved this live!
I love these videos. They’re so much information.
how did the rocket come back to earth
It’s incredible how smart an octopus can be. They have a lot of cool features they can do to protect and survive in the ocean.
The ocean is so cool!
Hi from New Jersey!
That was cool
wow! this was really cool! i love science live!
The octopus is so cool!
I had learned about Octopus Can camouflage . Skin color change yellow, brown, black and red. Octopus is highly intelligent. They have 3 hearts. Blue blood. I enjoyed it. Thanks!
hi from texas
Hello from Texas loved this episode very cool!
wow so cool
How are there so less octopus ?
Science Live is so cool!
I never knew how octopuses camouflaged until now! So cool! Can’t wait for next week!
Another great video!!!
I think it’s really amazing how smart an octopus is!
This show inspires me to be better, and I can accomplish what I dream about doing in life.
I always like watching and I always learn something new.
I had no idea that octopi had tiny muscles that allow them to change color.
So many fascinating things about octopus!
This inspired me in so many ways! This is great!
Hi from MN!
I think octopus are really cool. I would like to see the world’s largest octopus and a mimic octopus in person.
Great science video.
I thank that you should have shown the robotic octopus arms.
Octopi have 3 hearts 9 brains and edit there RNA
Why is an octopus considered a mollusk when it does not have a mantle that creates a shell?
Octopus is one of my favorite animals, they are so cool and different looking!
I knew octopus were smart but it was really interesting seeing them do that to stay safe or hidden even.
Octopus are such interesting creatures!
thanks great video
Wow what a cool octopus.
so many good advancements!!
Octopus are amazing creatures.
This was so cool to see!!!
For some reason, I really like Tobias
The octopus looked very cool and slimy, I liked the show today😊
Octopuses are so incredible!!! See you next wensday!!
Octopuses are so cool!
hi from texas
That was so cool! Didn’t know Octopus could change colors!
Love the video
I think octopuses can go to school.
good octopus good live!
So cool!!
I didn’t realize how smart octopus are, great episode this week!
Octopus are really cool and interesting when will learn more about octopus?
Octopus are some of the most strange and unique creatures on this planet
I loved learning about octopuses. I thought it was very interesting how they change their color. I loved learning about their nine brains and one for each arm.
That’s cool!
I love Science live videos!!
The octopus is so cool. It’s so crazy that it can fit in such small holes. The fact that they have blue blood and 9 hearts. I wish that could camouflage like octopuses and chameleon but I like the octopuses better than the chameleon’s. Another crazy thing is that is can change color and texture in less than 200 milliseconds .
I’ve been hearing how intelligent octopuses are and it’s so interesting to learn about them here! I wonder what other ocean animals are as fascinating?
In what parts of the world can octopus be found?
I liked learning about the octopus.
I liked hearing about how researchers at Northwest University made a device to get power from the microbes in dirt, whether it was wet or dry and it gives a good consistent amount of energy.
loved it the video was so cool.
This inspires me to explore all of life.
I didn’t know octopus’s can do that
That’s pretty cool. Thanks.
Wow, Octopusus’ are so interesting and fascinating from there camouflage skills to their impressive way and speed of learning and recognition.
it was cool to learn Acellus world it sounds like a amazing program!
It was cool learning how they can see us.
Wow so cool!!
Hello from Mississippi
Dr, John, I like how you showed the octopus shape-shifting to change with the environment.
Hello! I’m Siena. Thank you so much for this show it was great! My favorite fact about octopi is that they have three hearts! Isn’t that amazing?
I never knew how smart they are!
Vidoe freezes up on me all the time.
how will we copy th color change?
very interesting today
Octopus are really amazing animals, because they use their mind, and are really intelligent animals. Octopus are really hard to see underwater because they change their texture and the color of their skin.
Can all octopuses camouflage? Are octopuses the smartest animals?
Hello from VA!
this was a good science live
Wow, so cool how octopus can just fit into small holes
I want to a octapus’s are cool i want one of them.
Octopus so cool!
how much things will come to acellus live
Interesting. Thanks.
great video
It made reload the comment section after the video was over. – just letting you know it glitched
Do you think people will be able to wear the synthetic octopus skin?
Oh I love the episode! Marine Biology has always been a big love for me and I’ve watched so many videos and documentaries regarding the octopus! If anyone is looking for a nice watch this weekend thats very educational, I recommend the documentary on Disney+ about the octopus by Paul Rudd. You all did fantastic this week, im excited for the science fair even though I cannot attend. Have a good weekend everyone!♡
I love marine biology too!! It is good to know there are more kids like me out there!
The fact that the octopus didn’t listen to R-51 is very funny.
amazing video yall have a good week
Octopus is so cool!!!