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
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Hello from California, I enjoyed this weeks science live. It was cool learning about the octopus.
Octopuses are one of the most interesting animal in the ocean!!
Wow! This was very interesting!
I loved learn about the ocean and can’t wait to learn more
I love Science Live!
Ocean life is so beautiful!
A conspiracy theory class? Count me in!
Octopus is so cool I never heard about this I love this episode I’m very interested to learn more about animals
I love octopus they are so cute and smart
That WAS miraculous!
Does anybody else think some ocean life is aliens?
I Learned about the octopus’s remarkable camouflage abilities and the science that allows them to change color and texture in as little as 200 milliseconds that is so cool
I love octopi!
what does the octopi’s skin density compare to when they can fit through things sometimes hundreds of times smaller than themselves.
very interesting video
It took me sooooooooooo long to find the octpus but you should do mor videos JUST on animals
i cant wait for the next video
im always excited every week to watch these videos!
I love Science Live
hello from Alabama
This video is so cool
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my mom and I loved this one. She loves ocean life
thanks for the lesson
I didn’t know that octopi have blue blood, octopi so cool!
Totally never thought of an octopus like an HD tv screen!!! So incredible!
science rules
Octopi are fansinating, I’m always amazed at all the different types and their ability to learn on the fly
octopus are very cool animal love science live every week
I love the ocean life!
I watched from work
this was so cool
I love how David and Caleb said venomous and went crazy. thank you for making Acellus.
Great science live! The octopus is such a interesting animal.
The Octopus is my brother’s favorite episode on Octonauts. I’ll have to share this video with him.
The ability for the octopus to use it’s pigments within it’s layers of skin to blend so quickly to it’s surroundings is amazing.
It’s ability to recognize faces and plan ahead are some unique features compared to other ocean animals that I found interesting.
I talk to my cat too! I loved hearing about the Octopus!
so cool 😎
This was great!
Octopus are so cool!
Octopi are beautiful and fascenating creatures that I’d love to learn more about in the future!
I like octopus.
that sea creature was awesome its so cool how it goe
watch with my sister on her science live
I did not know that octopuses were so smart 🐙. It would be cool if you got one and taught it how to play chess!😁
I love learning about ocean life!
Interesting episode. By the way Octopi is not the correct plural of Octopus. Octopi derives from a common mistake that the word is Latin, thus octo-pi. But the word octopus is really ancient Greek so the correct plural is octo-puses, but octopi is okay to use in casual texts. So in short, use octopuses in informational texts or if you want to be correct, but use octopi when you are just talking to friends or in casual means.
I liked the octopus
Blue Blood ?!? Wow epic did not know ! So many interesting facts on science live! Thank you for all the information sending a big howdy from Montana!
Good and call it good.
What happens if the octopus breaks its beak?
Hello from MT
That was so cool!
I think the miraculous octopus is so cool
I love the ocean!
Which is smarter, octopi or dophins?
The octopus is such a neat sea animal.
How fast can a octopus change color?
The Ocean is a beautiful and amazing place!
Thank you! I loved the octopus.
I wish I was able to watch science live live
I wonder what else an octopus can mimic.
I love learning about animals!!
I love watching these!
How could it be color blind but change colors?
I love the episode about octopos
I love the octopi and learning about them !!
i liked the relay that was the coolest one
I love love the octopus they have tentacles
what is a miraculous octopus and what for.
Will the dirt batteries make electric devices safer? Also I hope you make a video when you find out more information about the octopus!
I wonder if we could invent an invisible cloak that works like octopus skin.
This was cool, I didn’t know all about those cool things about octopuses
i love watching these
I never knew that octopuses can do so much.
Hello everyone! Good episode as always! To be honest, I never expected this episode to be about octopuses. Although, this is science we’re talking about! I guess that’s kinda the beauty of this, right? You learn about different things each day! Besides, like some of you, I think octopuses are pretty unique!
This episide was my favorite. i want to be a vet and my ucle wants to be a marine biologist. He love Octopus and i never knew they had beaks. i’m defenitly going to share with him and have him watch this one too@
Will the dirt compound for the new batteries be able to help our environment?
I love ocean life. so cool.
Great episode loved it!
Octopuses are so interesting!
This was very interresting
Do octopuses have teeth? And do they eat other animals?
I did not know that octupus have bumps
I knew octopi were amazing creatures, but I could never have imagined how much they can truly do! It’s wonderful to take a closer look into the life of another being and see the depth of their experience.
Another great episode!
keep it up Rogger!
Quite a fun live.
I loved learning about octopus!
I did not know octopuses could get goosebumps. That’s so interesting!
I really liked the octopus video that was to cute.. Always surprised by science live 😁…
Your wonderful
I learned so much about octopus
I love learning about ocean life! The octopus was so cool!
I loved this video! My favorite yet
i I never knew octopi had beaks it fun to learn something new every time you watch science live.
hello from Az
Awesome!
I love science live
I always love watching science live!!
This was a really great science live, and has me inspired to make something new. Love from Texas!
What was the best science live?
i love science
Very nice video!!! I love octopuses. My favorite thing is when they are camouflaging.
octopus are very cool animal love science live every week.
Octopi are my favorite sea animal it’s so interesting that they know what to mimic and how well they do it
This is awesome!
octopus sure are miraculous
Is an octopus camouflage better that a gecko?
why does a octopus have 3 harts?
The coolest thing about octopuses is there ability to change there colors to become invisible.
It is fascinating that the mimic octopus wasn’t discovered until 1998!
The octopus is absolutely fascinating! You guys explained perfectly how they camouflage.
I think they are octopus are cool to look at but they are slimy. I touched one at an aquarium and it was yucky.
Octopuses might be one of the smartest creatures underwater.
Wow this year is going by fast! Keep up the good work science live
Okay 2 questions on the Roger Billings picture system thingy.
1. sometimes I will watch it and answer another day pr watch some one day and some another. Will that count? Because I still watch it but not all at once.
2. Do I have to hit post a comment first for it to record my time and count? Because I tend to watch it on the normal Acellus and then hit post a comment when I have something to say but then it restarts the episode. So does that still count?
wow the octopus is so cool
Great episode
Great video
I learned that octopuses learn from their own mistakes if they’re being hunted and fall for it the next time they learn to avoid it.
Hi from Tennessee!
I have seen documentaries about octopuses, and these magnificent creatures never cease to amaze!
love this episode!
I loved learning about octopi! Thank you for the interesting Live!
The glasses joke cracked my mom up.
Crazy how octopus have beaks!
cool video
I think octopus are really cool. I liked R51
Watching from SC
I enjoyed this episode of science live and i can’t wait for the next one!
They are always interesting to learn about.
How do octopuses change their colors?
Octopi are so cool and fascinating! Amazing video!
I loved this science live!
THIS WAS THE BEST VIDEO EVERRRR
Octopus are kind of scary.
can octpus have twins
octopus are so cool
Hi from ms!
The octopus can mimic other animals, coral, and other things like seaweed! Octopuses are neat!
love this episode
I did not know Octopi had beaks
I Like Science Live And Learning About The Miraculous Octopus
The specifics of the camouflage of octopuses is intriguing. Octopuses are truly advanced creatures!
dr john is the best!!!!
Is the octopus the fastest animal at changing color.
that was cool and fun
Loved This!
The intro to science live never gets old. I LOVE THE SCIENCE LIVE INTRO AND I ALSO LOVE SCIENCE LIVE!!!!!!!!!!!
I wonder if there’s any other sea creatures that can change their color
Another good video; can’t wait for next week.
Oh yeah boy!
Mimic octopus, how intresting.
This live was so interesting! I love Octopi, Their tentacles are amazing and I love that they have suction on their tentacles. Octopi are really smart too.
Hi from SC!!!
My birthday in 21 days!!
Octopus are so cool.
I love science live!
Whoa, cool!
Omg it is episode 308 it is so cool
Nice! This one was really fun and interesting. Keep it up guys!!
This always keeps me engaged in science
I love the octopus they are so interesting
THIS WAS AWSOME I LOVE ANIMALS
this was just totally awesome and wounderful.
octopuses are really interesting creatures
It is so cool that the octopus can easily squeeze into small spaces, change color, and escape from a glass bottle! I would find it interesting to have an octopus as a pet.
Octopus are my favorite animal.
I will miss science live!
octopus are very intresting
Octopus are so cool! We love going to the aquarium.
I like the octopus it is cool.
amazing live
learning about octopus was so cool!
this by far the best one yet this year.
Loved learning about the miraculous octopus! It was very interesting!!
Thank you!
this was very interesting
This weeks show was so cool!
Thank you Dr. Billings!
I enjoyed this video, octopus are very interesting creatures with their tentacles.
Thank you Dr. Billings