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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I liked this Science Live!
I never knew these about octopuses, I’m happy I do now!
That octopus was very cool. Had very strange markings but it was very cool.
Octopus are awesome I love science.
So neat to learn about the octopus this week!
Are dolphins or octopi smarter?
Excited for Acellus world and it was cool learning about the octopus!! I DIDN’T KNOW they had 9 brains!?!
I love acellus and octopuses
Octopus is so cool!
cool octopus
Why do octopus camouflage?
I once saw someone on You tube who taught an octopus to kind of play the piano it was pretty amazing!
Hello from Texas!
this is so cool wow
Watching from Illinois!
That was cool!
Comment WOW so cool
Hello, my name is Pedro Lucas. My understanding of episode 308 of Science LIVE, with Roger Billings, is that the topic is the octopus. He explains how the animal camouflages itself to protect itself. He also shows its intelligence in solving problems. He highlights the functioning of its arms and suckers. And he relates this to the importance of science.
This was one of my favorite episodes! The octopus videos were so cool, cant wait for the next one!!! 🙂
I love Science live
Loved this science live the octopus was so cute!
I didn’t know that an octopus could camouflage!
Aww I love animals, especially sea animals. The octopus is very interesting!
thank you I’ll learn so much from this
Yeah Dude!
Octopus are so intelligent I think they got there own natural Ai been able to do such cool stuff
Octopuses are awesome!Hi from AR🫶
That was awesome!
Woah octopus are awesome!
I think octopuses are super cute and pretty cool! 🐙
Cool new facts!
i learn soooo many new and cool things everyday on here, i love it !
Thank you!
Wow, my first time learning about octopuses, fun!!
That was a great live tonight
Hello from texas
We love live Wednesdays!
It was so interesting to learn about the intelligence and insane abilities of the Octopus! I loved watching all the little clips of what these amazing creatures can do.
Wow, you learn something new everyday!🧐
I love octopuses
octopuses are so cool
I love the amazing octopus!
That’s amazing how they detect the color with their skin while color blind.
Octopuses are super cool.
Great live, I am excited to see what you guys have planned for Acellus world 2026!
really cool 🙂
Very interesting!
Wow!!! I really wonder how Octopi really do that! Marine animals are phenominal
wow imtresting
thanks for teaching this
I love octopuses that’s my favorite thing about the ocean
I wonder if having 3 hearts makes the octopus change colors fast.
Whoa!!! This is why octopi are my favorite sea creature in the big blue sea. ^_^
octopus are so cool and awsome
Octopuses are one of my favorite sea creatures!
Wow!! That is so cool the bumps on the octopus can control the bumps based on their environment this was so interesting and fun to learn about the octopus 😁
really good live
never thought we’d talk about octopus on acellus live!! i love
The octopus is so cool!!
I loved learning about the octopus!!
wow that was very interesting
wow it was soo fun to learn stuff
I watched a doc on one and it was amazing.
I didn’t know octopus’ had 9 brains!
That was cool marine life is a passion of mine, so I really enjoyed this!
Awesome sauce
Wow!! I didin’t know that the octopus was so cool!!😃
I was very late 😓 but I saw the whole stream, the octopus is awesome!
This science live was very interesting! See you next week.
i didnt know the octopus can do that, thats very nice
wow octopus or so cool
Amazing video!
Very cool episode!
Great show, I didn’t know octopus can fit in small spaces and can get out of a jar even if the lid is on tight.
Another great Science Live. Keep it up!
Hiiiii from Alaska!!!!!
thank you science live i cant wait until next weeks video.
I knew that octopus could camo, but the mimic octopus can change behavior too? super cool!
Good stream love science
so interesting and informative
octopi are so cute, fun, and smart this science live was so fun!
I like the octopus and it was a good live
The mimic octopus was really cool! I wonder what 15 species it can disguise itself as.
Can’t wait to see the Acellus world!!!!!!
This video is great!
What a great showcase of the octopus!
I absolutely loved this session can’t wait for next week’s!
I love these lives, thank you Acellus!
The octopus looks like a stingray!
Hi from Tennessee!
This video was so cool!
Hello from Florida!
A octopus is cool especially with how they can blend in to trick their predators.
Hey from Texas!
The octopus is so amazing!
Wow!
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Don’t ya think?
Hello
Wow!! I didin’t know that the octopus was so cool!!
Hello from nhien dang
I love these lives
you guys did great good job!!!!!!!
The octopus is such a cool animal!
I love to watch these!! Watching from Illinois
Octopuses are so cool!!!
I like the show
I like to eat octopus..
Hello from Texas!!
From Texas
This is some really cool info, y’all should make an episode about trains!
wow cool
octopus are amazing
Loved learning about the octopus!
very good video
I love watching these episodes! I hope to learn so much more in the future.
I never knew octopus were so interesting. Interesting science live..
I didn’t know that a octopus has goosebumps when it changes colors.
MORE SCIENCE LIVE!!!!
Its cool how they have more than one brain.
I love octopi!🐙
I didn’t know how intelligent octopus are and how many organs they had in their body. These animals are mind blowing!
Cyber school sounds good so that I can do sports at a school.
R51 is so silly. I’d like to see how Acellus teach octopus, hahaha.
This was a great Science Live!
Very interesting!
This live was spectacular! Keep it up
I love science Live! Thank y’all so much
i love octopus they are very cool i have never learned about
hey! sorry I was abit late. I love todays live about octopuses. learned things I didn’t really know about them.
Hi from NJ!
Thank you for this educating and hilarious episode. I love the ocean and everything about it so of course this episode was very exciting for me! I loved learning about octopuses and their amazing features! 🙂
I would love to see more episodes like these so I can learn more about some more of our Earths’ awesome creatures! Thank you for always being a highlight of my week! I love Acellus and always am excited for my school week! I already have a 25-day learning streak and I love so much to watch it grow everyday!!!
Amazing live !
I’ve always thought octopus were like spys
I love science live!
mila from TX
awesome video, i enjoyed learning more about the octopus
Thank you for inspiring me!
Watching from Texas!
Learning about the sea is one of my favorite things ever!
We just saw octopi at the aquarium recently! So cool
One of my favorites!
I loved this episode, octopuses are so fascinating!
Woah! So cool! I love the sea
This science live was so interesting
the octopus was pretty neat and the sea was amazing
The octopus is so cool!
Hello from VA.
octopus’s are actually so cool
Good science live!
crazy things the octopus can do
this was very intresting.
The way the Octopus changes colors is so intriguing!
Hi from Illinois!
Hello from Texas!
great video.
Hello from Washington
octopuses are so cool
Thats pretty cool I didn’t know that!
Braelyn Cleburne, TX Loved the live. See yall next week
Wow I did not know octopi could fit in such tinuy places they are so cool!!!
Octopuses are amazing
I love sea life!! So I especially enjoyed this live!!
Who decided to name them ‘ Headfoot ‘ Cephalopod
R-51’s octopus is so cool!
The octopus was so cute
I didn’t know that octopus can camouflage and the show was nice.
Interesting how an octopus mimics other species in the ocean. They are very intelligent.
Octopus are very cool creatures
They can change colors 5 times in a second !!!! Wow
Octopuses are so fascinating!
I was amazed by all the facts about the octopus!
Hey! next time you should talk about deep sea bunnies 😀
i know this is about octopuses, but i never knew chameleons took 60-90 seconds to change color, and that they used their colors to find mates, that’s pretty cool.
How did humans find out that octopi could change shape and blend in? Did they notice how octopi hid from predators? During one of these moments, did they see how octopi could shape shift in order to avoid being eaten? How did they react and figure out how that was possible?
Braelyn Cleburne, TX loved the live. See yall next week.
Today’s Science Live was amazing. I love octopus.
so if we keep a octopus in space and give it the things it needs to survive know how to survive in space
I love learning about octopus!!! Octopi?
It was soo fun