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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This was so interesting i loved todays live!
Love this live!
I always learn something new. Thank you for a great episode!
I LOVE octopus that are so cool!
Amazing work love to see it
hello from Nebraska
I did not know that the bumbs was like goose bumbs on them. That is cool.
I loved todays science live. It’s very cool that the octopus are most likely color blind and how fast they can change colors. In Germany they had a octopus that could predict who won the world cup and they got it right! Octopus also have no backbone. They can recognize a human face. They have three hearts, blue blood, and sensors in their body! R. 51 WAS SO FUNNY TONIGHT! I loved how the octopus kept tricking R.51!
Also, in my moms parent portal it showed i watched another episode but I watched this one. We’re not sure why its saying that!
Have a great night Acellus! 🙂
Wow, it is so close!
Loved this episode doc!
Thank you for another great video!
Hi from nc!!
Thank u for the live!
Great episode! I adore animals, so i loved the topic of the day
Octopus and other sea life are so cool!
Octopuses are truly like something out of a science fiction movie because of their unique biology.
Every week I say, to my mom is there science life today I love life so much
I like how aotopus can look like a rock, like how a octopus can mimic a fish.
I learned a lot about this video thank you so much. See you next week.
This Science Live was great! See you next week.
Do you think octopuses are smarter than us, for they have nine brains?
i really enjoyed todays science live . I love learning new things about animals
I love science videos. I will watch this next time!
Hello from Nevada!
Dear Dr. Billings and the rest of the Acellus crew,
This is my very last time watching Science Live, as I will be finishing my final course on the fifth of May. I think that going to Acellus World sounds like an amazing experience, but I unfortunately cannot come because it is more than a ten-hour drive from where we live. This means that I will not be able to come to my Acellus graduation ceremony, even though I would enjoy to very much. I would like to thank you all for putting together some amazing courses that make complicated concepts understandable, and for creating interesting, entertaining, and hilarious Science Live episodes every week. If it weren’t for Acellus, I might not have been able to grasp some of the more advanced math concepts very easily. On top of that, Acellus gave me the flexibility to be able to complete my schoolwork and learn how to remodel, construct, and inspect homes from my father at the same time. What you all have accomplished here is amazing. Thank you.
-Jacob
Amazing video, Acellus is truly inspiring! I admire how you guys can make a video so informative yet also funny!!
Hi from TX!
Commenti learn something new about octopus
Octopi are for sure one of the more interesting animals! A favorite.
That is so awesome about the octopus
good video
Best one yet
I find it funny how horses with a single proper horn don’t truly exist, yet a near shape-shifting, boneless lifeform capable of changing colors and releasing clouds of ink while being extremely intelligent does.
such an amazing live thank you !
Cool video
I love watching Science Live.
the octopus It’s it’s one of the most remarkable species😊.
I’m late to the party. Loved this live even though I’m late.
Love this weeks episode!! Octopi are so awesome. I’m excited for next week!
Thanks for the video.
I read a fiction book from the perspective of an octopi one time. It was a great book. I love that octopus can shrink to get through tiny holes and often escape from aquariums!
Fun fact: octopus is not Latin, so the correct plural is either octopodes or octopuses, not octopi.
Hello from IL
I didn’t know that octopuses have three hearts
This episode was so interesting! I love Science Live!
I had no idea that an octopus are colored blind. They use their skin to detect colors. That is pretty cool.
i have always been intrigued by octopuses
It was wonderful, thank you!
So cool!
I wish Iwas going to accelus world to meet David and Caleb
Thanks for the lesson.
Still laughing about the lizard joke!😅😂
This show inspires me to be better, and I can accomplish what I dream about doing in life.
Hello! Another dance comp this weekend so lots of rehearsals until later and I missed the live, looking forward to seeing it now!
I’m pretty scared of the ocean and this honestly gave me another reason to be. Pretty cool tho.
Octopi are so incredible and smart!
Octopuses have always astounded me. They have so many complexities to them that make them seem almost human in some aspects but yet look nothing alike us!
thats was so fun
Hi from Indiana
This is so facinating.
This episode was definitely my favorite!
I like how they talked about how fast it can change its color r 51 is so fun just look behind you doctor Roger billings Is r51
I didn’t realize the octopus was such a cool animal! Probably smarter than most people.
Love the showcase of the octopus. They are amazing creatures.
This was amazing!
i loved learning about octopie, and i think its so cool how they work and what their traits are, i found it really cool when they said they had 1 brains for each arm so they can give each of their arms a faster more responsive, and i love how smart they are compared to every other animal its so cool seeing an animal that’s so smart that isn’t a human.
OH MY GOSH! BEST EPISODE YET OF 2026!!! AMAZING! Please, please, please, keep us posted on the cyber school…I would love to do some of the sports (soccer!)/STEM(robotics/coding!)/CTE programs that high schools offer and still do online schooling – it would be absolutely incredible!!!!!!!!!!!!! Also, that is SOOOOOO cool about the octopus and the chromatophores! I am working my way to a veterinary medicine DVM degree (most likely at Purdue University – my family is in the middle of moving to Indiana!) and that was just so cool to learn about a unique animal such as that. I hope to walk the stage for my graduation at Acellus as I will be moving much closer. Currently, I am self educating on Python coding with the help of a friend, and I plan to take a coding class if I can fit it in my class load for next year. I am coding my own pedigree/recordkeeping app for my mini rex rabbitry! It has been so fun and a unique learning (though not easy, it is fun!) curve. Thank you for another ASTOUNDINGLY GOOD episode of Science Live!
Acellus Gold Honors Junior.
That sounds amazing! Good luck 💗
Great live, thank you!
So cool!
Thank you for the science Live
this is awsome
Is there more to understand about evolution?
thank you!!!
Comment This one tonight was fun! Love Octopus’s and I’m glad we are learning more about them.
This is my favorite
It was cool because I did not know octopus were camouflage.
Octopuses are my favorite animal!!
Nice! Say, what is the most interesting part of science in general to you, and why?
This is so cool!
octopus are so cool!
How much of the ocean has humanity explore
Thank you
The octopus is an interesting creature.
I can’t stop rewatching this! 🙂
Octopus are cool species especially their capabilities
Great live
Hello from California!
That was so intresting to learn about.
Love the episode this week as usual, and I must say I am very intrigued by the octopus’ ability, however the AI usage is getting very unsettling. I din’t understand bringing up Walt Disney himself and then immediately turning around and using AI. Still a lovely episode this week!
Another amazing episode!
Octopus are so cool!
HEY YALL WHAT WE WATCHING!
this is so intresting!!
So interesting to learn about
I wish I could go to Acellus Live
Hey there the live was plus ultra
Hello from Florida. The octopus is kind of cool.
Why does the time keep on changing for Science Live????
Hi from ct!!!
octopus are cool they will play with you and they remember who you are so cool!!
The Octopus so cute.
Octopus are really interesting sea creatures!!!!!
its interesting how the octopus transforms moves operate
I love octopus!
i love acellus!
I found it really interesting how the octopus camouflages itself to blend into things
i love sea animals they are so interesting! Octopuses are very interesting creatures
It’s cool that they hide really good and they also spray this ink to get predators away when there getting chased 😄
The ocean is one interesting place!!!!!
Octopus are so interesting
i love these lives
Hello from Georgia
Hello from Arkansas!
I loved this!
Thanks for the show. See you next time!
the octopus was a nice add🐙
I think the octopus is now a new favorite for me!
I loved today’s live!
Good video. I lean a lot and hope to learn more next time.
The octopus are awesome!
I love the octopus it is so cool!
Great live this week! Very interesting!
I like these videos so much!!
I’ve always been so interested in the sea and the creatures living inside of it! So cool to learn even more!
aww love the octopus
I like how octopuses change color
wow that was really cool facts
What an Interesting topic!! I loved it!!
I love octopai
octopus is my new fav animal.
I never knew that octopuses were that smart.
This was so cool!!
This is my favorite creature thank you for covering it.
That octopus was really creative.
I didn’t know that octopus’s were so cool this episode is by far one of my favorites!
i love octopus and tentacles! great live!!!!!!
I love learning
We love Wednesday live days!
Thanks for science live
very interesting
i love octopuses there so pretty
very intresting live this week.
woww that was really cool to learn
do octopus have eight hearts
Octopus are interesting
Thanks for another video!!
WOW! Sea life is amazing and so is science live! Thanks again Dr B
omg this video was so helpful i learned so much.
Watching the octopus blend in with the rocks and that little coral bush was amazing!
Great live love the octopus lol
This is great learning about octopus!
this was so good!!!!
Octopus are so smart and they make good friends believe it or not they can even be friends and recognize and remember you
LOVED THE LIVE <3
interesting topic, can’t wait to see more of it in the future.
I love science live
I absolutely loved learning about the amazing things octopus’ can do! The R51 skit was so much fun!
These lives are interest me so much.
Aw I love sea animals.:)
Poor r-51 😭
that was so great
SO FUNNNNNNN!
what a good episode!!!
this one was for the books!!!
Great live!
Hi and thank you from GA. I know a lot about octopi (by the way its called octopi)–and i never knew they could trick eels…
so cool. looking forward to next wek and mabe more creatures.
love the ocean
so cool look forward to next week
The octopus is my favorite animal. What’s the second biggest octopus in the ocean?
Thank you for doing one on octopi
R51 is my favorite
Thank you!
I love octopus they are super intelligent creatures and super flexabul and they are also super good at camouflageing
Wow so coooool