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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Wow! Learning about that octopus was so cool! Thank you!!
Wow I never knew how interesting an octopus could be
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I absolutely love octopuses! So glad they’re getting the publicity they deserve. 🙂
this science live was very interesting!
I think a octopus having 9 brains, 3 hearts, being able to change color and changing texture is fascinating
It is awesome to learn new knowledge from the science live.
If I keep cutting off a limb of a octopus could I eat forever?
Lila from Nebraska. Watching a second time because it does not seem like the I got credit last night.
octopus are my favorite animals so I am so that I got to see a octopus!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i love science
Crazy how science works. Thanks Dr. Billing.
That octopus was really cool
love this sience live
Amazing animal 🙂 we love science !
I love the octopus
i like this videos!
Can a Octpus blend in with a carpet
why is r51 so silly
Man, I did NOT see that octopus, that’s actually so crazy, wow
The Octopus was amazing to watch looking forward to the next one.
I love when the octopus put one rock one side and they at the other holes
Octopus are really cool!
Warched this twice. It is not showing up.
this was an awesome episode and i can’t wait for next weeks!
Octopuses are a bit creepy.
Loved this weeks show! Hi from MN
octopus was really cool
Octopuses are so cool!🐙 I love how they camouflage and mimic other sea creatures.
How do Octopuses create black ink to spray at their predators to confuse them?
I think R-51 have 0 iq
Thee octopus was great!
Could dirt batteries be used in high powered tools?
I love science live.
Octopus are kinda cool
The part about noticing people really interested me.
I DID know they can change the behavoir
The octopus was cool
It’s so amazing how the octopus escape the jar and how it used a coconut to hide
I want to visit the aquarium here in San Antonio to see the fish
hope tobias is here
Octopus are so incredibly smart.
i love learning new things
Octopi are super interesting!
Watching from Ohio!
That was cool
good video!
The octopus is fascinating, I didn’t know they are soooo smart!
Science live is amazing I love it so much!
This live was AMAZINGG!!!! I cant wait for the next one.
The octopus was cool.
hello from alabama love science live
I can’t believe how smart octopuses are!
I did not know that octopuses could spit out ink.
I found the octopi very fascinating!
You’re not a octopus you’re a Septopus- a funny blue tang
This video is so awsome! I really like it, its so funny!
The Octopus that can change color by the sensation of the skin. While being colorblind, and the octopus is thinking ahead to get its prey and when predators find the octopus it hides in a coconut. To say, I didn’t know they have 9 brains.
Octopuses are cool.
Very cool.
Amazing Live!!
I from Brazil!!
I want to see an octopus one day and the ocean.
this was cool
If octapuses have three harts can thay survive with one missing?
I really thought this video was interesting. Beaks????
The octopus is one of the most fascinating animals on the planet!
i like the octopus part great job
I think an octopus is a good topic for a video its strange how different but how advanced they are
I love science live.
I liked how the octopus could change colors.
R51 is so funny
I did not know that octopuses can be camoflauge.
the octopus was so so so so SO cool! can not wait to watch the next one!!!!!!!!
I think octopuses r amazing animals.
I love watching these Science Lives every week! 💖
Octopus are great!
this is intresting
Thank you for helping learn about a miraculous octopus I didnt know about. TO ROGER BILLINGS😀
Tobias always has the best stories
That octopus was so cool
I love aquatic creatures, octopi are so cool !!
I like going to the zoo’s aquarium to see the fish. They even have octopuses! My favorite are the jellyfish though.
Oops I didnt mean to submit it i was going to say. I love learning about that amazing sea creature 😍 it is so cool that it can turn camouflage that was incredible 😲 anyways thank you Roger billings
octopus are cool to learn and hear about.
The part were she went to a baseball game was cool!!!!!!!!!!!
The ocean is a neat place. I would like to see the ocen one day.
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Hi, my name is Ally. I’m watching from New Jersey. I’ve always wanted to be a marine biologist and I really enjoyed this episode about octopuses! Thank you so much!
i wonder how many undiscovered species there truly is in the ocean!
Put me down! (crashing noise)
Thank you so much the octopus is usch an unique animal.
I learned so much about ocean life!
i never knew a octopus had beaks, its fun to learn something new everytime you watch science live.
I love the ocean so this video was super good!
I got to hold an octopus at the aquarium once. They are awesome creatures!
My mom eats tiny octopuses at the sushi place. They call it octopus salad
I love science live!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think Octopus is really interesting
did you know if we found life on Mars? It wouldn’t be green. It would be orange.
Really I didn’t think that
not entirely true. earth is green and blue but humans are neither of those colors. also intelligent life would be rare. it is more likely we will find single celled organisms
I love the weekly science video ❤️❤️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇧🇷🇧🇷
octopus are so cool.
I’ve never seen an octopus mimic other animals! That’s cool!
If octopuses change color with their cells, is it possible to make man-made color-changing cells?
Enjoyed this week’s Science Live, had a great time learning more about the marvelous create the octopus is.
I love science
Is an octopus smarter than a dog?
i love sea creatures :]
Wow I never knew just how amazing the octopus was until I saw this live thanks!
I think that octopus are so cool.
How do we know that octopi are colorblind if we can’t see through their eyes.
Sea animals are so cool!
Enjoyed learning about the Octopus. Camouflage and changing colors and texture was cool too. Learned a lot in this science live that I did not know.
It is cool that the octopus has blue blood!
We saw a big Octopus in the Seattle aquarium.
octopi are very cool creaters. I like them
Great video :3
Thank you
hi from CT
SCIENCE LIVE IS SO COOL.
this one was the best
I loved learning about the octopus.
I found it interesting that octipi had beaks. Is squid part of the octipi family?
We saw Killer Whales last week!
Octopus are amazing they can camouflage they have 9 brains 3 hearts and even a beak, there is so much happening in one animal its incredible.
I love going to the zoo and seeing the aquarium, they have octopuses and lots of jellyfish.
octopus are very interesting creatures with their tentacles. We eat octopus one time. It was not good to me.
Hello From Illinois! This was so interesting.
WOW! I learned so many things about the octopus. It really is amazing!
Love learning about ocean animals
I love octopi!
The amazing camouflage of the Octipus!! I never knew.
We live in the Sound and saw Killer Whales!
learning about the ocean is so cool.
How far out do the Acellus cyber school options reach? And what are your plans to expand on said reach?
These videos are so funny!!
When an octopus camouflages what in their body is allowing them to swap color?
An octopus has multiple brains? That is crazy!
I love science live!
I want to see a real octopus one day
The octopus is one of the most fascinating animals on the planet!
The octopus is really cool!
These videos are so cool and funny!
this was great
what a cool live!
That was a amazing Science Live🤩
I like learning about the ocean life the octopus was really cool.
did yall know that octopus can fit into any space as long as it is no bigger than their beak!!!!
That is so cool go hydrogen !!!*
Comment this video was so cool
I love ocean life and did you know a octopus bleeds blue
It’s fascinating how intelligent octopi are!
hi from texas
Ocean life is so interesting to learn about/
The Octopus is so interesting!
I love learning about ocean life!
Hey from NY
It’s mind-blowing what octopi can do!
I really love learning about the different ways that animals like octopi are intelligent! We can learn so much from them!!
What is the highest speed and octopus can reach? Also it was really cool learning how the process of camouflage works.
I love learning about the ocean!
I think Octopuses are cool
Very interesting live! Thank you!
I never knew octopus have nine hearts, that’s so cool!!!
its cool that octopi have blue blud and three breans and if u can git arbren middle and high school i can go back to band
btw i play the baratone
wow amazing video!
A great LIVE.
It was cool learning about octopi!
I really liked the baseball game story and the octopi.
I love octopus 😍
I love learning about Ocean Life. Hello from Oregon
Octopi are so cool
How much blood does octopus have in your body?
I think octopi are super cool!
The octopus is cool. I like that is has multiple hearts and brains.
Howdy from TX!
To be honest the octopus is kinda ugly but very cool. I like how is has multiple brains and hearts
The octopus was cool. Hello from Virginia
It is always so fun learning new things.
Octopi are the coolest!
Octopus beaks are alot like parrot beaks, and they’re made out of the same material crab shells are (chitin)! they’re also retractable and any space an octopus can fit its beak, it can fit the rest of it’s body!
Octopi are my favorite animals! Thank you Dr. Billings!
Cool Ocean