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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The blue blood is really cool. I always wandered how it is able to dive so deep in the ocean.
I didn’t know octopuses were so cool! These videos always teach me something new every week. <3
What a cool octopus!
How can octopus go threw tiny things but still have bones.
Amazing super powers!
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How can a octopus control so much parts of their body even with eight
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How do the octopuses have small mirrors in their skin?
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The octopus was really cute!!
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Thank you for another informative episode!
Octopus are a very cool creatures!!
Octopi are very interesting especially because of how intelligent they are.
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This live was educational and it made me know more about this program
This helps me learn so much about the world
i can’t wait for the Acellus science fair
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It’s crazy how microbes in dirt are being used to become batteries for a better ecological purpose. Thank you Acellus!!
It’s really cool just how different animals are from each other, while also having so many similarities
This is very cool and interesting!
Hello from West Virginia. Awesome show.
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How many brains does the octopus have?
Thank you for sharing
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Hello from New York!
That octopus was so cool and this show inspired me to be better
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I cannot wait for Acellus world!!
Octopuses are so interesting!
So glad I got to see an octopus. Those animals are freaking cool!
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Thank you!
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It’s strange how octopi have beaks
Ocean creatures are so fascinating !!
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Octopus 🐙 is very interesting love you Acellus
The footage of octopuses camouflaged were so cool and interesting!
That’s so weird that an octopus can fit through a quarter sized hole, the anatomy they have to be able to do that is otherworldly.
Hi very cool from cali.
The octopus is so cute!
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They are really so fascinating.
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Octopus are so interesting! They are very intelligent
Wowie wow!! I learned so much about octopuses! I never knew how smart they are. I want to study more about them. 😃
Does the mimic octopus innately know how to copy other species like the flat fish and sea snake; or does the octopus need visuals of the specie in order to mimic?
Science live is amazing!
Hello from hawaii, I really liked today’s video I learned some new things.
Thanks for the Episode!
I learned so much!
thank you roger billings i love the live streams.
That is amazing that an octopus can plan ahead and escape from a jar or through a small hole. I had no idea this was possible. Super cool!
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great lecture!
amazing video always makes me wanna do better.
I loved this one
I love Octopus! They are very interesting and mysterious. I never get bored learning about them!
This weeks live was so cool!
I love science live cant wait for the next one.
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love octopuses
So cool.
Octopus are so smart! I am wanting to know more. I will have my Parents take me to an aquarium.
I liked r51!
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good job with this live really liked it
This is probably the best video, very imformative and fun. Very cool video!
Loved the octopus and im excited for Acellus world- hard working student and big fan of Dr B
I learned something new about a octopus
i love octopuses there so cool
Thank you for this live tonight!
the octopus is so cute
Really cool!
The octopus is such a interesting creature.
It is a refreshing change of subject from the usual technical inventions . I am really interested in octopus!
Thank you
I liked the video
Learn something new everyday!
I love science live.
This is cool. How was it made?
Enjoyed this episode.
hi from thailand.
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I love these, always interested whenever it comes to these lives!
Octopus are kind of like a Chamaeleon. Lady Pajet is good luck! We are hoping our homeschool does Acellus next school year.
I knew all the facts about octopuses you presented
i wish i was able to make it to acellus world 🙁 oh well lol
This is amazing! FIN-ally I see something about Octopuses! Yeah, that was a horrible pun. I’ll just vanish now.
Great!!!
this is very instresting!
I did not know that octopus could fit into a hole the size of their beak.
Thank you!
Wow! This video was so fun! I can’t wait for the next one!
This is so cool
Love the cool info on the octopus.
Tuning in from New Jersey!
The first time I know that octopus can camouflage!
I didnt know octopus do that, love that i know that now!
Learning about the octopus was very interesting, their changing of color to match their environment is amazing.
Octopuses are intelligent creatures
another awesome live
Wow, I didn’t know that about octopus is pretty cool
I loved Octopus since there really smart like ravens and are able to fit in the smallest spots
Great science live!
Octopuses are so awesome! I never knew that they could do that!!
Science Live was absolutely incredible.
you never would think how interesting octopuses are! 😆
I really enjoyed watching Science Live today and that octopus was super adorable during the final part of today’s episode.
this was really interesting! I did not know all this about octopus’s
I loved learning about the octopus this science live
Watching now due to different time zones
I love science live, I get to learn so many new things like the octopus.
This live was amazing, the octopus was so adorable!
Great science vid!
Yeah there’s still a lot we don’t know about them.🤔
The octopus was so cute *
The octopus is awesome!
Very interesting video.
This was an amazing science live i cant believe how much we can learn.
Hi from ms
Nature’s best spy!
it made me resign in on Sciencelive.com to leave a comment, so I hope I got full credit for the episode. If not, I will watch it again. I liked learning about the tentacle brains and the different layers an octopus uses to camouflage.
thank you!
THE OCTOPUS IS SO COOL!!!!! bye from wyo
I LOVE SCIENC LIVE!!! My uncle would’ve loved it too but he sadly passed away from sepsis shock in october 2024 🙁 🙁
Happy Wensday everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!
how do octopus lay eggs ?
wow mimic octopuses are so cool!
I love learning new things on science live every week!
amazing live!
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do we need to watch science live through the Acellus app to get full credit, or can we continue to sign in through the science live website?
oh my!!! Octopus’s are actually pretty cool 👍🏼🤩
Hi from Nebraska!!
octopus so cute 🥺
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Love how cool the octopi is!
I really liked learning more about the octopus. It is one of my favorite creatures.
i learned a lot
I love every video!
Hello from Mississippi! <3
I cant believe how cool octopi actually are, and how very different they are from most creatures!
Amazing as always!
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I enjoyed this live!
I love this episode I learned so much! Thank you.
Every time I see science live it just gets more interesting
Wow octopus change colors and the bumps that’s cool i have to right this in my science live journal my parents will love this and i love it as well!
thank you for the great science live
I like octopus
This weeks episode made me realize how much more interesting octupus’s are.
This was interesting to watch!❤️☺️
thankyou for another video!
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I did not know octopuses were so cool