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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did not know octopous was interesting!
This episode was so interesting. I love learning all about the octopus!!!
Hello its Gage from NE
Who knew the octopus was so fascinating!!
The octopus is one of the many interesting creatures of the ocean!
Wow, the topic about using parts of dirt in batteries was very interesting.
I love science live
how old is the miraculous octopus?
That is so cool
Wow very cool!
So good
It’s really fascinating how octopuses can instantly change their color and texture to blend in and communicate!
The octopus is adorable!
The octopus is so cuteeee!
I never knew Octopus were so cool.
WOW!!! Octopuses are cool. Science Live Rocks!!
Hello from PG County, MD
I always thought octopus were such fascinating creatures, but is it true that when they swim, their main heart temporarily stops beating?
This show is so informative and fun, thank you for hosting this.
that was very cool👍
can we make octopus robotic arms
can we make octopus arms
So interesting
I have a new found respect for octopus
Amazing Science Live! I’m glad I get to watch such an educating video.
this was so intresting
Another awesome episode!
Am really excited for Acellus world :>
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Exited to watch this whole video! I love sea creatures
Octopus are so cool!
hi very wonderful
Have a good week😌
woah!! learning abt the octopus was sooo cool!!
Thanks science live!
i love animals.
The octopus is fascinating. Many generations of octopus it took for it to evolutionize it what it is today. Very Cool!!!
This weeks episode was really interesting, I learnt a lot that I didn’t know about the Octopus.
Hello from Nevada !
I love the octopus it is so cute.
Octopuses are amazing animals.
Thank you
Wow! Octopuses (octopi) are so cool! Was very fun learning about them.
octopus are so cool
I love octopus, they are so cute and complex.
R-51 is weird, but in a good way
this was so cool
Woah All of that to make a color just think oabout everything else on earth
I never knew octopuses were this intelligent—they’re actually so interesting, the way they solve problems and escape things is kinda crazy.
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I enjoy watching Science Live. Thank you for doing these.
If I join Cyber School will I have to restart my credits requirements or will I continue where I am now?
This was definitely one of my favorite episodes, the octopus is such an intriguing animal and I absolutely adore the ocean, there’s still so much we don’t know about it! Thank you so much!
I tried fried octopus one time
Octopus are really amazing creatures.
I didn’t realize a octopus has three hearts that’s so cool.
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Dear Dr Billings, I enjoyed this week’s Science Live. It was fascinating learning about octopus and I am so excited for the science fair.
Octopus are so cool!
Octopus have always been interesting to me, it was cool to learn more about them.
wow a octopus is so cool.
Great video
Until now, I only knew that octopuses looked rather slimy, but now I know much more than that!
very cool!
my favorite sea creature. The camouflage is so cool. And 9 brains?
I love octopuses
The octopus was so cool
Do octopuses have long-term memory or just short-term learning? Could you explain that part again about their nervous system?
I love that octopus!
Can we do sharks next?
I Loooooove the World Cup and Soccer, second to Acellus and Studying!
This was AWESOME I can’t wait for the next live!!
WOW! The octopus is my new favorite sea creature!
I didn’t know camelions changed color for mating!!!
Good one!
Its crazy to see how intelligent an octopus really is! Especially the facial recognition and being able to plan ahead.
Wow the octopus is so cool
I enjoyed for today 👍😃
Thank you
I didn’t know that an octopus is so intelligent. So amazing.
octopus are cool
I love the octopus now! Great video!
The octopus is so adorable
Love the live!!!
I love this science live!
octopus are low key kinda cool
octopuses are so cool, its so interesting all the tings they can do
i like octopus
Hello from Illinois. I’m surprised that an Octopus can be so much of a miracle.
Sea animals are truly fascinating because while they resemble land animals they carry a specific uniqueness only found in the ocean. However we don’t know much about them very mysterious.
Science live was very interesting.
Never knew that octopuses are this intelligent.
This science live was so cool. I only knew that octopuses had three hearts, I didn’t know they had nine brains too! The proteges are also really funny, the comment about humans having one brain collectively sent me 😂 Can’t wait for the next science live.
Loving the science live inspiration!
Truly fascinating Science LIVE. Speaking as someone who has seen them in large tidal pools before, they really become nearly invisible when they camouflage. Thanks to everyone at Acellus for all your hard work.
The octopus is so cute!!
i love ocean
I loved this episode it’s like entertainment from YouTube mixed with education
I love the way you put the octopus in your video
It’s crazy how little people talk about the bizarre creatures that exist in the oceans. For example, there’s this marine animal called the “feather star” which evolved on Earth before living beings started to evolve blood, so it uses surrounding seawater as an alternative, or, perhaps, a precursor, fluid to blood.
I love learning about all of the creators in the ocean! It is very fascinating.
Thanks for another great science live!
Wow, octopus is so cool!
Thank you for science live.
Hello from Georgia!!
Hello from Georgia!!
i hope someday I’ll be able to join in the tour
im always excited for acellus world tour but i never went before
i love chameleons I saw one last week in a bush
ACELLUS WORLD TOUR YAAYYY
hello dr. roger billings
omg thts so cool
Thank you for this video it was so interesting
What do you think is the most surprising or “miraculous” ability of the octopus in The Miraculous Octopus, and how does it change the way people in the story view it?
i like to eat octopus lol
wow octopus!
science live is so cool
i love science live
I love information about the ocean.
Thank you for the information
The octopus is really cool.
wow I love octopus
I love science live!
hello from Maryland!!!
wow i never knew octopuses could be so interesting.
I love Science Live
Wow! It’s amazing!
thank you for showing the octopus
I always saw people saying that the octopus is like not from earth because of the way it moves. very cool. thanks for the live today.
It was good. I liked the octopus.
Hello from Alabama!
I loved it it was super cool to learn about the octopus
The octopus is my favorite animal.
Pajet looks splendid in orange ! Take some fashion advice Pajet wear orange more often and try shocking barbie pink!!!
Amazing video
It was so neat learning all about the octopus! I didn’t know they have 9 brains! How cool!
wow I didn’t know the octopus can change colors and so realistic on the seaweed
that was interesting
I love these videos 🥰
It’s cool to know how octopi work!
Sea creatures are so odd!
wow!!! I didn’t know that the octopus was so cool!!!!!!!!
thank you guys so much for this, awesome information and this amazing science live.
Octopus Are cool!
Wow the octopus!
I love this
Thank you
What a master peice
I think the octopus was super cool!!
these science vids are so fun, i always get so exited when its time to watch them
Octopuses are amazing!
Hello from Nebraksa!
The Octopus is such a unique organism!
This is one of my favorite lives I’ve seen this year!!
i love all the facts about the octopus. also did you know when it squirts ink it can change where it is from left to right.
I learn something new every week!
Its so sad that people hunt octopus they are so cool
Good morning from Uganda. Thank you for another great episode, octopus have a fascinating physiology, with three hearts, their ability to camouflage and the defense mechanisms they use in protection, they are one of the ocean’s greatest inhabitants.
Great video! I always liked sea creatures!
looking forward to next science live
THANK YOU
I really love sea animals. They remind me of my favorite super hero “The Deep”
I really like the part where Dr.John and Dr. Tobias talked about the octopus.
Dr Billings I liked today’s Science Live. I especially enjoyed R-51 trying to train an octopus. That was so funny!
Being able to camouflage is so cool, and octopuses doing it so fast is even cooler!
I love science live
How can the miraculous octopus learn while it is blind?
amazing video!!!
Octopus are really a special animal
Thank you for the video i learnt alot about octopus they are really cool
Aww da octopus
I absolutely love octopuses!! They’re so cool, I’ve always found them so interesting!
Wow!! I didin’t know that the octopus was so cool!!
what’s so special about an octopus?
I appreciate the lesson, and thank you. Also, jelly fish don’t have any organs or bones, making them basically immortal, which is cool.
I love octopuses!! 😃