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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About the Roger Billings Scholarship Program »
Learned that an octopus has 3 hearts more to love ! Sending hearts from Montana ! From Toni grade kindergarten!
what is a deadline?
I love science
the octopus was my favorite part of today
Thank you so much Dr. Billings, the teachers & staff of Acellus for making kids have an interesting time! I am dying laughing from Octagon!
Octopuses are incredible with their creature and the ability to plan environments by camouflage to hide from predators.
This is cool!
Love this weeks vid
I love octopuses, my favorite thing about these animals is their intelligence.
Great live.
Thank you for still doing these
We went to the Atlanta zoo about two weeks ago. It was fun. The best part for me was observing the octopus.
That was so very amazing! I never knew how they’re comoflauge worked,Don’t you think the babies are just so adorable!!
The sea is an such an amazing place
are we going to use octopus camouflage to camouflage ourselves?
Octopi are so cool!!
octopus are strange creatures
I LOVED THIS SCIENCE LIVE!!! I love learning about animals, especially exotic animals so this was amazing!!!
how do octopus turn to a color that fast
That octopus is so smart
same abt the octopus lol.
Very cool! I’ve watch some documentaries on this and it was very interesting.
You know, this one probably both made a kid really scared of octopi and a kid really love octopi. Amazing work.
Octopus are very cool & intelligent.
why is it called the miraculous octopus.
This episode was awesome!
i liked today’s live i had no clue an octopus has 9 brains i see i can accomplish any dream i put my mind to!! the sea is so cool and interesting
This was the best episode yet!
How long have octopuses existed? That was one really awesome episode seeing what an octopus is capable of. I just read the inky the octopus book the other day. I want a pet plushie like hers.
It was great learning about octopuses today. It’s pretty amazing that they have facial recognition and that they can act differently with different caretakers.
Comment Cool Video, never knew they had brains in their tentacles.
here for science live !!!!!
I Learned That We Need Gas For Vehicles & For Electricity. Gas Is What Powers Up Everything. Cars Needs Motor & Gas As Well As Motorcycles. Gas Is Important To Science.
why are octopus so smart?
I don’t know but it is cool
same Reason you have a mom
9 Brains- 1 in the head and 8 in the arms!
Hello from Ohio!!
The octopus is such a fascinating animal!
Amazing episode this week! Hello from Illinois!
Octopus are very cool and intelligent!
That was fun
The octopus tricks were so cool!
hello from wv
I never knew how octopuses camouflaged! It’s amazing!
Thats cool because i never knew how they did it but now i do
i loved learning about octopuses
Octopuses are amazing animals….I am glad to see more biology on these livestreams.
I like how Octagon snuck in the beaker when R-51 had his back turned!
what an informative episode!
i really liked this episode it was a fun one
I really want to go to Acellus world!!
I think octopuses are really cool!
Octopuses are probably aliens!
Thanks for these science lives!
I love this science live
Why is it that octopuses blood is blue and not red?
i love a octopus’ smartness
Hello from South Africa!!!
What did ancient people think about octopus? Where they afraid, facinated, curious?
Wow! The octopus is such a unique animal
That’s really amazing.
since live is cool
Wow!! octupus are so cool.
The octopus is such an interesting creature.
The octopus is an amazing animal. He can do so many different things. I love to see him be an escape artist. That is so amazing!
Amazing I loved it
Awesome science live!
I LOVE OCTOPUS
I never knew there was so many different octopus types.
I love this so much
This lesson was soo cool!
Imagine DrB becomes an octopus and gets nine brains.
We would not have a single problem in this world able to be solved by science.
I rile want to go to the moooooooon.
Thank you for these science lives!
I thought it so funny how the octopus kept moving when R51 was on the phone!
hello from wv
science live is amazing.
wow this was awsome
This video was so amazing!
I love science live !
This was my favorite live so far!
-Addi
Octopus are so cool!
Morning from Georgia.
Love this
The cyber school program definitely sounds interesting! Hopefully local schools near me work with the program. Thanks for another great live!
i love live
This episode was so good
Super cool!
Todya I have learned that an octopus can fit through any hole that their beak can fit through and that they have 9 brains!
Hello from Texas!
my first science life video, very entertaining, lots of great info from an amazing animal
great video,
I love it thank you
im talan from tn
I love science lives this one was the bestst one I have ever watched and octopus are amazing and I can’t wait for Acellus world.
that was cool
Hii from North Carolina
I think i is so cool that they have so many sensors to help them survive. I never knew that they had them in their eyes.
I really like what I really saw
I thought the octopus was cool
It reminded me about the movie Finding Nemo and Dory while watching tonight. SO cool
How many octupus species are there?
very cool
This video was fantastic!
The octopus really is my favorite animal.
I love the octopus! They’re so unique! 😀
I love science life
its.. i love science live
Octopus seriously scare me..imagine being taken by one in the ocean.
hi when will acellus world open
what is that
Hello from IL
my favorite sea creature
I love this show!
I love the octopus! He is sooo cool!
The octopus is soooo cute!
can sience live respond to me to please!!!
I have a new love for octopuses.
Hello from Atl!
I enjoy these lives so much!
Icant wait for accellus world
Need better material for batteries and make them last longer. I agree. I help recycle in my area and scrap, the amount of betteries I get from cars, small engine machines is HIGH. Yes I get money for them, but also my parents tell me they do not last like they used too.
this is so cool to watch
Hello from va
Thank you for the video!
hello from Valdasta Georgia
That’s so cool!
I loved this episode with all the cool info on octopuses!
it was great to learn about octupus
Watching replay
I love octopuses! One of my favorite creatures.
Do you think planetary travel will be possible in the future
I will always find the ocean extraordinary!
The Octupus is amazing! Thankyou very much!
I didn’t know the octopus was so awesome!👌
I enjoyed this Science Live! Thank you.
AWESOME video, see you guys next week!!!!
The octopus is one of the coolest animals on earth for sure!
Thank you!!!
mabey if we can get the dirt power more efficient then we can use dirt to power homes!
Hey from Vietnam
I like watching animals go through mazes. The octopus is so cool.
Wow Getting 2 diplomas that’s awsome
this live was good I liked it
Interesting!!!!
I really enjoyed learning about the octopus.
the octpus is super cool and i love sience live
The octopus are so incredible! Thank you for doing a show on them.
Wow!!!!! Probably my favorite one so far!
I didn’t know the octopus has 9 brains?!
I would love to be in science world
Octopus are so cool!
Watching from Texas.
Another amazing live, love from Baltimore!
Did you know that they have three hearts ?
I can not watch this live I have church at the same time every Wednesday. Will I still be able to get credits for watch it on a deferent day?
octopus are beautiful creatures
battery’s now use dirt???
I’m always so excited to watch these lives!
That was cool
Hello from North Carolina
nice live today
you should make a rocket.
I laugh at the end of these lives every time!
My favorite live to date, I have always been intrigued with the beautiful, intelligent octopus.
octopuses are so cool i love them
octopuses are so cool
who knew that the octopus was such a fascinating animal!? This video was so cool
Science live!
I loved how the octopus changed colors!
Science is one of my fav subjects
All of the different things that the octopus could do was pretty cool.
Learning about the octopus was interesting!
It is amazing how intelligent octupus are but how different they are from mammals.
Cool video
you learn a lot when you watch these videos
Where is the Acellus science fair?
What is the Miraculous Opctopus?
I love octopus’s!!!
I cant belive im finshing school next month!!!
this one was cool
Wow!! This is a amazing live and the octopus was so amazing!!!
It was really cool learning about the colorblind octopus and how it could change colors and textures. Great Science live!