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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Such an amazing video!
octopus are so smart!
Octopuses are so cool! I love Acellus!
I thought the last one was good but this, this is so good!
thank you for this video! it was very interesting to learn about the octopus.
really liked this weeks video!
Thank you so much Dr. Billings! I greatly appreciate the effort and sacrifices that you put into this program. It has allowed me to learn some incredible new things while simultaneously having the time to pursue my goals and dreams. I really enjoyed this lesson, I think octopuses are incredible creatures, and I would love to see one in person some time. Could we add some octopus merchandise in the Acellus store? I think it would be really neat to have an octopus on a sweatshirt with the Acellus logo on it!
Octopi are my favorite animals
Octopi are amazing!
I love science live
Octopus are so interesting!
Why did you make an episode about octopus?🐙
thank you I didn’t know some of the things that y’all said about a octupus thanks
It’s incredible how you came up with a way to help families with their tuition, while also helping the school districts. Me and my grandma think it’s very neat.
I love octopie.
Octupi is cool
It’s so cool how octopus can grow back their legs if they ever lose one
Science live is the best part of acellus!
This was one of my favorite videos!!
You should teach the octopus how to walk.
great video
surprised someone else has acknowledge Octopus
I love science live!
its so unique that octopi have 3 hearts!
I LOVE SCIENCE!!
It was very very cool that the science live make octopus videos and we got to see some pictures of it too
I like how you did science
I loved this one!
I really liked this episode 😍
Octopi are amazing creatures
Loved learning about the octopus
Octopi are such fascinating creatures! The can camouflage which is so cool!
Hi from VA! It’s so cool how Octopus can function with such weird bodies.
science is cool
Octopus are so cool!
I love this cant wait for next week.
I have always thought the Octopus was the most interesting animal. They are majestic creatures. Great video!
There are so many interesting things to see here on Science Live.
Did you know that the reason October is called October is because it was originally the eighth month of the year on the roman calendar? That’s why it has that prefix “Oct” which means eight
2 more classes and I’ll be on summer break.
Very cool that octopus have 3 hearts!
this is so cool
very informative. thank you!
This science live was super cool!
That is cool! How the octopus knows how to escape!
r51 is so funny!
the R51 part was really funny.
Octopuses are really fascinating creatures.
Octopi are such fascinating creatures!
I think octopuseses are fascinating
And I think that episode was great
Another great week of Science Live!
I always wondered about things about a octopus.
I never knew octopus had 8 brains and 3 hearts,
Octopuses are such amazing animals, I’m so happy you guys did a live for them!!
I really enjoyed this weeks live thanks!
HIIIIII FROM MICHIGAN
try this game called octodad
i loved this video
I enjoyed learning about octopus. I didn’t not know they had three hearts that are responsible for doing different things in their body.
I love learning more about the octopus!!
I love Octopus! It was so interesting to learn more about the octopus I didn’t know!
Hey! I love science lives
Octopus are so incredible!
Amazing Octopus! Love to watch them transform!
thank you, I didn’t know much about octopust but its crazy how much they can do, I wonder how long they’ve been in the ocean before we ever discovered them. thank you and have a nice week!!
Octopuses are so smart. Never new they learned from their own mistakes.
Octopus are so smart!
Hello from AZ! loved this lecture vid.
I like octopuses
Watching the octopus squeeze through tiny spaces its so cool!
Thank you once again for the podcast.
I love octopus.
octopus are very intelligent !
Octopuses are very interesting.
Thank you!
octopuses are so fascinating! Thank you for a great episode of Science Live!
very good
hi from New York!
What is the most combustible element?
Do Octopus’s legs grow back?
omgg thta is so cool
Amazing live this week!
HI FROM NORTH DAKOTA!!!
Octopi are cool and can help science a bunch.
so cool stuff
Love the octopus! Very cool species
My new fav Science Live! Octopuses are so cool!
Great lesson!
Hello from Texas! I would love to see an octopus one day!
Octopus are SO COOL!!! :3
thats pretty interesting
Very interesting! I learned a lot.
Thanks for having this!
Hello from Kansas! Amazing video!
I love octopus.
this weeks video was very cool!
Octopi are so cool!
I love the number eight!
We enjoy learning about marine life. Octopuses are so smart and fun to learn about. Thank you!
LOVE ACELLUS SCIENCE
blub blub. The octopus is my mothers favorite animal
I am international!
Its really interesting how able bodied they are, fitting through such small spaces and the way the “goosebumps” and “pigment sacks” work!
I loved this episode! Octopus are amazing creatures. They are interesting to watch!
Octopi are truly incredible, I never knew that they had nine brains and three hearts! This video is my favorite science live video so far!
this makes me happy! Thank you science live!
I love octopi! Hello from California! Great science live.
I really like this episode because my little brother loves octopuses!
Love this program!
greetings from texas
I love this weeks video!
Really enjoyed learning cool facts about octopuses. I always learn something new watching our science live.
I’m shocked!
I learned a lot I’m form OR
We love science live!
I love science live.
Why do octopus turn green?
I loved this live a lot
It is insane how octopi can squeeze into tiny spots and slide through diminutive holes!
I have found it to be really interesting about how octopus are really intelligent. It’s amazing how they can use objects as tools, mimic other animals ect.
Learned a lot from this thank you
Interesting octopus facts, this was my favorite Science Live ever!
It’s good to see Acellus is starting to be used by schools. I think rural schools could really use it, too.
Here From USA
I wonder what do octopus think when they have never seen a person in there life and see a person swimming?
Octopi are so awesome, I never imagined that they could fit in tiny spaces the size of a quarter!
They are so intelligent!!
Animals are the best!
So cool how they can fit through stuff that tiny!
I knew a lot of this already, however I didn’t know or at least forgot that they have 3 hearts, 8 brains + the central one in the middle. You learn something new every day, or should I say, every science live!
I have always liked watching videos of octopuses. They are so smart, great problem solvers and also have a sense of humor.
i love to learn every little thing abt the ocean, i love the marine life!
Octopi are so interesting to me, what incredible creatures
Great live this week!
hell;o from Mi
I never thought I would get jump scared by an octopus, then today happened.
this was a fun experience
Loved learning about the Octopus this week!
This is crazy in science I just learned the difference between a squid and octopus, it’s just funny how this science live is about octopus.
I love octopuses! I wonder how they were able to take videos of the octopuse under water and so close to him.
Octupi are really cool.
I knew octopuses were flexible but I didn’t know they were THAT flexible!
Octopus are such intelligent interesting creatures
Thank you for the video and I Love you
Thanks I understand it
Great as always! So grateful to learn from y’all!
Great lecture.
hi from Salem
Is everyone ready for summer break?
I didn’t know the octopus was so interesting! What an amazing creature
Can’t wait for next week. Octopi are so cool!
Octopi are cool!
Octopuses are some of the wildest animals no doubt.
The octopus is such an interesting creature!
what type of octopus is that
My comments are not going through and in my account it keeps saying I commented but it shows 303(science project)??
I love octopus!
it can fit through something the size if a quarter
Hii from Texas. Octopuses are so cool!
i love octopi
Octopuses are so cool!
I enjoy watching Science Live!!!
I find it interesting how an octopus can fit into a tiny space, considering how big most of them are. I find sea creatures in general weirdly interesting!
These octopi are incredible! Are they a specific breed or are all octopi like this and have there amazing qualities?
Can a octopus fit through any size gap possible without its beak preventing it
I always heard how the octopus has three hearts, but i always found it hard to believe> Can’t wait for next ep!
Hello from Tennessee
Octopus are super cool! I didn’t know that there are mimic octopus!
Hello from Florida.
i loved learning aboutThe amazing octopus
I wonder if a octopus could turn into a new color that hasn’t been discovered
How does an octopi move?
Octopus are super cool! I didnt know that there are mimic octopuses!
Octopus are very cool!
I never knew the octopus was so awsome I will definatley be looking further into it!