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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just learned that octopus blood is blue thats really cool
Comment Octopus’s are so cool
I didn’t know that Octopus can build a robot
It is pretty cool how an octopus has thinking processes.
Good Morning .
Such a great live!
This is exactly why I love animals so much. The connection between science and animals is amazing. Great episode!
Octopus our amazing. I wish I could camouflage like that.
I loved learning about the octopus. I also think it would be fun to learn about cheetahs.
How do scientists know that octopuses are color blind?
I loved learning more about octopus!
Science Live was great!
I love octopi!
I didn’t know the octopus was so smart
I Finished my math, science and ELA for the year
Octopus are almost as good as goats at escaping!
I love science live so much, it’s so fun to watch, the Octopus is super amazing.
I wonder how octopus are able to change there colors so fast.
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I love you R51😻😘🥰😍
The octopus is so interesting. They are one of my favorite animals!
wow octopous are so smart !
I love octopus
It’s really neat that the Octopus has so many brains.
Hello! I really loved this science live!
I love the octopus, it’s such a unique creature!
i always love the end when its time for area 51!
octopus are cool animals and smart 😎
love your videos i think octopus are very cool
Hello from TN
Octopus have always creeped me out with that texture and that oil they squirt out but know i know they have IQ we chill know
Hello from IL
I think octopus are amazing, they can change colors using special cells and are incredibly smart.
Octopi are very interesting !
Hello from Nevada!
How do octopuses have black ink in them.
Excited to hear all about the octopus! Science lives are one of my favorite parts of accellus
the number classes available to students is amazing
Octopuses are Awesome
i liked learning about the octopus was very interesting.
I learned so much about octopus!
never knew how smart octopus were it’s crazy
love science live!!!!!! 🙂
this was a great science live
Octopus are so interesting!
Hello from South Carolina
I think the Octopus is the most unique animal on Earth, I’ve never seen such a smart animal.
learning about octupus is so cool!
I love learning about octopus ther are smart and intelligent animals.
Octopi are such interesting creatures!
Octopus are my favorite sea creatures
Really impressive as usual.
Did octopus evolve over time is that how they are so smart?
Yay! Science LIve!
Each week, Science Live is very entertaining, and I learn something new.
science live is so cool
I think the octopus is one of the coolest sea creatures.
Yes their are!
I’ve heard octopuses have more than 1 heart is that true??
I loved this one! I learned so much! Octopus are such incredible creatures!
Octopus is so cute and adorable.
We need batteries. I hope they replace all the bad ones with ones that dont damage the environment.
hello from georgia
Octopi are very cool!
I love learning how smart animals are like the octopus.
Hi from Ohio 😗
I like fish.
hi from MO
i liked that bit with the prodasheys
I didn’t no that octopus were color blind.
I love how smart an octopus is!
I enjoyed this science live.
Great lesson
I really liked that one
Thank you for posting such entertaining content every week!
I didn’t know the octpies blood was blue and not red
Its crazy that an octopus is blind but somehow can change colors to match its surrounding.
That was so great! An octopus is one of my favorite animals.
this was so cool
0ctpuses are so awesome!
Hello from Illinois
I really like watching science lives they just make me really relaxed, great videos!!
Octopuses are so interesting!
I think its interesting that octopus taste with their arms!
Great episode.
I loved The Miraculous Octopus
Hi from MO
What compounds in an octopus’ blood makes it blue?
It’s crazy how octopus can be so incredibly intelligent even though they’re an animal!
i saw a video where an octopus opened a jar to get its food
Great entertaining video on Octopus. One of our favorite creatures of the sea. Thanks
Octopus are strangely cute!
Great lesson 😁
Octopi have always been some of my favorite sea creatures, so it was nice to learn about them here.
I loved this episode, it was very interesting. I have always seen the octopus as a very unique animal, and to think that it has the ability to change it’s color to camouflage with environment, and spray ink to scare away predators, it’s like superpowers if you think about it! Imagine, a superhero that can camouflage as a brick wall or shoot boiling black ink our of his hand, that would be a super cool hero right?
What a cool topic
hello from philippines
Thanks for another great science live
One of the best i have seen, great job today thank you for all the work you put into these videos!
I did not know that octopuses are so smart!
awesome live
Learning about the octopus was very cool, I can’t wait for next week!
Octopus are so cool and interesting
Hello great show
the octopus has always been one of my favorite sea creatures. I found it interesting to learn more about them, especially how smart they are.
The way an octopus can perfectly camouflage will always be an amazing thing to me.
why are actipuses so smart
I love science live
Amazing video today
This is so cool!
The octopus completely flattened :0
Its my birthday today I’m glad that I get to watch this on my birthday
Great episode
Hello from Virginia! Octopuses are so COOL! I really enjoyed learning about them today.
I loved the octopus
awesome how gas is used for everything
Everyday octopuses get more interesting, and i love it!
I understand how important gas really is.
I thought it is really interesting of how Octopus skin works
Can octopus remember past owners? and if so how long is their like remember spam? science live please answer
I learned how Octopus changed color
This was so cool!
Learned a lot about the octopus, very interesting
Great video!
Octopus are amazing.
Enjoyed this live today!
Octopus are really cool!
octopus’s are truly awesome
I loved the octopus!
How does the color changing fiber work?
Hi! My name is Skye from Mississippi! Can’t wait to see what we’re going to discuss
I find it unusual how octopus can fit in any little hole
Octopuses are so amazing
Hi from Illinois
That is amazing that there is such a big graduating class that Acellus had to add another graduation ceremony! I always love this time of year seeing the ceremonies. Keep up the good work, see you next week.
How do octopus’s have black ink in them?
I always wanted to feel a octopus tentacle to see how sticky the tentacle was
Is there any other things that octopuses can do
This was a very fun video!
hi from Texas:)
Loved learning about octopuses today! Gotta love science live!
Octopuses are cool
Wow from Idaho
This was quite interesting
Hello from Idaho
Science live is really cool!
Octopus are so cool!!
one of my fav animals
here from florida
That is really cool
I watch this with my mom and brother. I like science and so does my brother. Do we both have to sign in for the credit?
They are brilliant smart creatures. I would love to live where I could play with them
i love these lives so much
Octopi are great escape artists.
This is such an amazing Science Live once again! I can’t believe how smart Octopuses are!
i love animals there amazing!!
we looked for these when we scuba dove on a family vacation last year. sadly we didnt see any!
science live makes my day and makes me feel smart
i learned so much from this, thank you!
Hello from VA!!!!
this one is my favorite
It is so cool how octopus can change colors so fast!
i love the starting music in Area-51
Thank you for today’s live
Good Morning from Minnesota
Hello from New Jersey
Octopi are interesting creatures.
I never knew octopus were so smart
I liked this week’s video learning about octopuses. My favorite new facts I learned are that octopuses have a beak, they can go through really small holes, they have blue blood, and that they can change the texture of their skin.
Thank you for this weeks! I learned a lot!
Nice video!
Hi from Detroit
If we get an Arduino in the gold store we should call it the R-duino 51
I love Science Live!
Very cool episode!
Great stuff talked about today
So cool
Is there an Acellus World 2027? If no, I’ve got to go to this year’s Acellus World!!!
this was one of my favorite lives so far.
i love this science live because we are learning about octipus
Good morning from Texas!