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 miraculous octopus is so cool!
You’re going to get David and Caleb out, right? Also, I loved all the facts about octopi and I think it’s so cool that they are so smart. I like how octopi can change color and escape artists. I wonder if octopi learned from goats or the other way around! Only difference is that the octopi perfected escapes!
The Octopus Is kind of cool It can blend in so good I love Science Live.
octopuses are so cool
Octopi are so cool. They can change colors and go almost anywhere.
Is a Octopus always defensive or if you are careful can you touch them?
Why does squids have blue blood?
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So interesting!!
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I loved this live video very entertaining can’t wait for next weeks!
I saw the name and thought “well this is going to be interesting”😂
Who new Octopuses were so interesting!
I love Acellus!
Wow it is so interesting how you can just learn so much from an animal. The Octopus is such an interesting animal!
i like learning about the octupus
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Octopi are such majestic creatures!
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The octopus have copper based blood that is why their blood is blue.
I love the octopus they are one of my many favorite sea creatures!
great episode
great video thank you
I didn’t know the Octopus is such a smart animal.
This is so cool! Octopi are such interesting creatures. Thank you for sharing!!!
this is why i love animals
I love octopuses they are smart creatures and so cool that they have 8 tentacles !
thats one petty octopus 😉
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I loved this Science Live and I didn’t know that octopus could camouflage
Octopuses are such a smart animal! So cool that they have 8 tentacles!!!
Thank you for so many fun facts on science live! I did not know the life span for octopus was 1-5 years.
The octopus has so many components to it that it makes it unique!!
I love all the teachers in this vid and what they teach me!!!
Why does the octopus have three brains
thank you guys for another video i loved it and please keep making more i enjoy watching them
I didn’t know all of that!
This was an amazing episode! I loved it 🥰
thanks for this lecture
Woah! Didn’t know they were blind. Just shows how science live teaches you something new everytime!
The octopus is very strange, almost alien!
When is the aviation course going to come out? As always thank you for another great science live!
Octopus are so smart! Never knew their blood was blue!
The octopus is just so amazing!
Very cool!
Its amazing how smart the Octopus species is! I really enjoy learning about animals!
octopus are very cool
I loved the facts about octopuses
Top notch video
can an octopus solve a Rubik’s cube?
this was the absolute best episode ever.
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Octopus are so smart! Never knew their blood was blue!
Great video
they are so smart!
The octopus section was interesting today
Octopus are so smart! Never knew their blood was blue!
Octopus are amazing and very smart sea creatures
I love science live its always something interesting!!!!
the octopus is such a cool animal!
The reaction time of an octopus is insane 🤩
I love octopuses! They are so cool
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YESSSS THIS WAS AWESOME!!
The octopus is such a unique animal!
One time when I was on vacation I got to see an octopus get into a jar and out of the jar with the lid on
in my opinion I think octopuses are one of the smartest sea creatures
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cool video I always learn stuff
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i love deep sea creatures so this is very interesting to me!
Thank you for doing these videos each week. I love to watch them.
This was a very educational science live and I learned so much about the miraculous octopus. Keep up the hard work.
Octopus are so cool!
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so cool! Great live
how are Octopus so smart?
I love the ocean. I really enjoyed this one.
The Octopus are some of the most interesting animals there is, unique in there own way.
octopi are so interesting!!!!!!
i did not know that octopuses where that amazing they can fit in just about any thing it is so amazing and the can camofloge and get all bumpy it is amazing and being so smart wow just wow
Octopus are the most interesting and smartest creatures!
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Octopus are such amazing creatures
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So Cool!
Thank you for your time! This live was very interesting to watch!
Question for students: How excited are we for summer?!
Loved the octopus!
Wow! Octopi are sooooo cool! I think it was interesting how the one octopus found two sides of a coconut to use as protection in order to find prey.
good show.
wow I think octopus are very interesting creatures. besides that I have a good idea, do you guys think being able to see other peoples science fair projects would be cool.
I love science live so much it helps me learn so much thank you!!!
great show.
So interesting! Can’t wait for the next one!!
The Octopus is so smart it’s almost like an alien! Definitely the coolest ocean creature.
This was verying interesting to learn, kinda makes you wonder about all the sea life.
Can we do a video based around music?
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the live science was so interesting
I Loved This Video!
how can an octopus fit thre that small of a holl
It’s amazing how an octopus uses their pigment cells to change color and how they can even change it in less than a second.
Wow!! Octopus are so fascinating!
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That’s so interesting.
i love octopus!
I really like this octopus thing it is cool and it is nice also it can fit through small places like a tiny hole i really like this
The octopus is both the most terrifyingly smart animal on earth (in my opinion) while also being the weirdest animal on earth.
Science live was so cool today ❤️🔥😁
Love these, keep it up!
I’ve always been fascinated by octopi.
The Octopus is good at blending in with the rough, bumpy environment, but are they able to make themselves into a cube?
Incredible! Thank you Acellus team!
Octopuses are so cool!!! I watched a video of how an Octopus opened the cap of a bottle to get it’s food with it’s tentacles. That proves that Octopuses are the smartest sea animals in the world!! They also have suction cups that grip on to things. I wonder what more Science Live stuff you’ll have. By the way hello from Florida!!
Thank you for the new episode! I’m excited to learn more about Octopi:)
That was really cool!
I bet the military has been inspired by an Octopus’s camouflage when they design their camouflage.
Octopi are the spiders of the sea, I love how unique they are, and there ability to adapt.
How do an octopus’s specialized skin cells enable it to change both color and texture in as little as 200 milliseconds.
octopi have 8 arms
Octopus are pretty dang smart.
The octopus is slithery and bumpy. I would love to learn about them but NEVER touch them.
I love the octopus
How do Octopuses regrow their tentacles?
I think the octopus is amazing and it was cool to watch the videos about them
Wow cool!
great
Love it
very miraculous indeed
What a sweet Octopus r51
Octopus are very interesting creatures.
this was a fun live
Excellent Science Video! Enjoy watching every week.
I think octopus is so smart for it’s own good! It was really cool getting to know more information about them, thank you Science Live!
Wow octopus’s are AMAZING! Thank you science live.
Octopi always amazes me
The Octopus is such a cool animal.
Octopus are my favorite animal
What is a Miraculous Octopus?
This episode was absolutely amazing! I learned so many cool facts about the octopus, it is truly amazing how intelligent they are! Have a great week! 😀
Comment Very cool! I’ve watch some documentaries on this and it was very interesting
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Where does the mimic octopus live?
This is very fascinating! the octopus can remember faces!
Love it when they talk about animals.
I did not know that octopus have 8 bains!
interesting that octopi dont use pigmennt
an octopus is super smart
How did the Octipus big head fit in there?
Octopi have been one of my favorite animals for a while. They are just so unique and intelligent!
octopuses are so smart and adaptive. So interesting, thank you
i think that the octopus is a really cool
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do all octopus change colors
The octopus is so amazing animal!
Thank you for this great live!! I love the ocean and everything about it so of course I was so excited when I found out this one was about octopuses, so thank you for making a live I will watch time and time again! Thank you Acellus for this amazing chance for homeschoolers!
I learn something new every time I watch science live
The octopus is so cool!
The fact that octopie have 3 hearts is insane!!!
Octopus is one of my favorites animals.
Wow! That Octopus is awesome!! I love Area 51!!! Hahahaha!!!
I’d never realized how fascinating the Octopus was until now!
I would love to see an octopus in real life!
sea life is always so cool
love these videoss!! keep up the awesome workkk
I think making bateries better for the enviroment is awesome and the octopus is so cool.
wow super cool and interesting science live! I didn’t know octopuses could be such intriguing and complex creatures now I cant wait to see what you guys come up with next.
thanks for the live!!
How many different species of Octopi are their?
they keep orgens in their head
Comment Octopus’s are so cool!!!
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Hi from Texas!
those octopuses are unbelievable, especially the way they can camouflage and basically change their bone structure.