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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Thank you!!
11/10 Great episode
Thank You for this science live
I loved this live about the octopus! I love sea creatures so its nice to hear more.
this week was so good
Octopus just seem so cool, like little aliens. They are so smart and beautuful.
I’ll soon be saying goodbye to Acellus, and hello to college!
I loved learning about the octopus!
loved this one
Octopus are so cool
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I love the jokes at the beginning
octopuses are really unique sea creature I loved this live!
octopuses are cool
Great episode
the octopus was cool love science hope I can watch more soon
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I enjoyed this weeks science live. I love animals and it’s fasinating to learn about them. I think the octopus is one wonderous creature that God has created. Thank you for another amazing video.
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soooooooooooo coooooooooooool
octopuses are my favorite sea creature !
Amazing video!
an octopus is my fav animal !!! Awrsomew
Enjoyed this week!! The octopus is an amazing creature. I didn’t realize they could change colors.
Love this video
Thank you for this live! Octopuses have always been really interesting to me
I really enjoyed this episode
How did they come to name it a chromatafor?
I love science live
I really like this science live. I didn’t realize octopuses were so advanced and really interesting!
Loved this episode! Octopuses are so cool!
octopuses are the coolest sea animal in my opinion because they can change their colors to stay safe for pretetors!!
WOW! They change colors and textures THAT FAST! Crazy!!
I love octopuses! There so miraculous!
They are very smart animals!
i like octupusis
I think octopus are very smart creatures. I love to learn about them.
The mimic Octopus 🐙 is so cool 😎 I wish I was I mimic octopus.
Great new Episode as usual! Very interesting!
What kind of octopus is it in the video?
Wow! Octopi are really intresting!
octopuses are so cool
I think Octopus are so cool
How do octopuses squeaze through rilly tiny holes, and what is a octopuses body made of?
Octopi are so amazing in many ways
Octopuses have always freaked me out, but I was very intrigued and caught myself asking a lot of questions. Thanks as always!
I love how an octopus can change colors.
Learning about how octopus’s can change their color and texture was fun and it was a surprise how fast, smart, and capable those cute little guys are!
Loved learning about the Octopus. They are amazing creatures.
thank you for this weeks live!
Is sign language a class that I can do or is it coming soon
I always heard that octopus had three hearts but never knew if it was true so that was really cool to learn.
He’e (Hawaiian for octopus) are my favorite animals! Thank you for spotlighting these amazing creatures for us this week!
Thank you! I look forward to seeing the next episode!
Very informative video.
Loved as always!!
Octupus is acutally so cool
this was so cool could you imagine what it would be like if so many other animals had the same abilities as an octopus
i love deep sea things i find them so interesting.
I lovee learning about octopuses, I’m excited for next weeks live.
have a good day
Love the live this week, Watching from Idaho
I don’t like octopuses
i love the live
R-51 is so funny! But I know that he is Roger Bilings.
that is so cool
I loved this episode! How can a color blind animal replicate the right color?! Amazing.
I love science live!
I love it so much!
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I love science live!!
Science live is so good!
How do octopus make themselves so small and change color?
I really liked this video, i didn’t realized that octopus had 3 hearts.
This was a good video. We enjoyed it as a family.
Best science live!
I can not believe that octopi’s blood is blue because it is also my favorite color!
This was probobbly one of the best videos ever. Like octuposes changing colors.
Loved this week’s video! Octopus are very neat to learn about, thanks!
I am crazy for octopus. They are so special.
This video was very interesting; I really enjoyed learning about octopuses, they are magnificent animals.
wow!! learning about octopus was really nice!! I didnt know they have 3 hearts. AMAZING
Loved it! cant wait for next week.
This Was Soooo Funny!!!!!!
I didn’t know that an octopus was smart enough to open a jar from the inside. Amazing!
Hey from Tennessee
Thank you, love the science live this week✨️✨️🧪
I love sea creatures so much they’re so cool I can’t wait for the next Science live!!!💙💙💙
i want a pet octopus now
Finding Dory taught me about octopus having 3 hearts lol
One can you guys restock the shop??? Two, can we have a write of and see who can make the best story or mini comic or even better POSTERS! But we should have interactive science lives to get kids brains going. Reply if you guys are with me as in kids to get this heard.
Octopuses are really smart and interesting sea animals!
I loved getting to learn about octopuses!
I loved learning about the Miracluous octopus.
I love octopuses.
The aquarium in Oklahoma has a very large octopus! I can’t wait to go back and see it now that I have learned so many cool new things about them! Thank you for these amazing videos on science live!
Your friends in Oklahoma
I did not know an octopus was color blind. Thank you for another interesting video.
I had no idea octopuses were this intelligent—being able to change color, escape tiny spaces, and solve problems is honestly mind-blowing. This really made me appreciate how unique and fascinating they are. Definitely one of the coolest sea creatures!
The Miraculous Octopus
You have to wonder if divers or fishermen ever mistake a new fish species to be just an octopus’ camouflage.
loved learning about octopus!
Thank you for sharing about the amazing things an octopus can do. I love learning about all animals and the cool things that they can do. Maybe one day humans will be able to change their skin tones to mimic an octopus.
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Thank you for another amazing Science Live!
It was interesting to learn how smart octopus are!
octopus are so cool. I like when they suction cup to the side of the tank at the aquarium
Octopus are amazing
Octopuses are so cool.
I attended this week. Thank you
I love octopuses so i liked lerning about them.
What would you do if you could chaange what you looked like just like an octopus?
hello from md
good episode this week
YAYYYY FINALLY AQUATIC CREATURESSS
Hello from TX!
I heard that octopuses have 3 hearts before, but I never heard of the fact that they have 9 brains!
Also, Octagon has 8 legs, not 12, r51. You miscounted. But if it REALLY had 12 legs, Octagon would’ve had 13 brains!
hello from ms
Loved this weeks live!
yay science live
i love this
I remember doing lots of research about octopuses when I was 12. Really enjoyed this live
The octopus is an amazing creature, and they are so smart.
The octopi having such a good hiding ability is really cool!
good morning. I didn’t know they change cokor
Octopus are such cool and interesting creatures. I love how they can camouflage themselves.
The r-51 is so funny but it really educational too
Can octopus check what color things are even though they are color blind.
i love a octupus
I liked learning about how an octopus can change its color and shape.
This was cool, thanks
Never knew that much about octopus! They’re awesome creatures!
Can you make us earn learning credits from watching science live so that we can know that it counted as a watch.
How do octopuses change colors?
I LOVED the part about octopuses, they are one of my favourite animals, adored this science live!
I didn’t know Octopuses were THAN smart.
I never thought octopus were so smart.
That was neat watching them escape places.
Great video
This week’s science live has to be my favorite one so far! I love learning all of them the amazing octopus.
I love science live a lot
Octopuses are so cool!
Super interesting stuff about the Octopus, those creatures are so intelligent. I really love learning about animals.
Great job and thank you all.
Have octopuses been studied for possible health benefits in humans.
Great video
This was the best science live ever
so so cool! Can’t wait for next week! keep it up!
i love learning about the octopus! can we learn about more sea life?
Awesome episode
Great Science live this week!
Thank you for the live.
It really interesting how an octopus can mimic other animals.
How can octopus go in small things?🐙I love this video! This is the best.
How can octopus fit in small stuff and holds?? How can octopus control the colors? Why does octopus blood color blue? Why does octopus have more brain and heart? I think octopus are cool!🐙
Howdy howdy from Virginia!
how do they change color that fast that’s fascinating
I loved this weeks lesson on the octopus.
The reason why I’m doing Acellus, is so I can learn all the subjects I want and watch this masterpiece. This is just peak!
I love it!
These are cool to watch and good to watch these for ones who like science and science fairs and stuff.
I learned that octopuses are amazing animals with special abilities like camouflage and problem-solving. The lesson was interesting and fun to watch.
Octopus might be the closest things we have to aliens.
I really liked this science live it was neat to learn about the octopus can’t wait for the next !
Nice science live.
Does octopus have the ability to recognize their reflection?
I liked octopuses.
I liked octopus.
Awesome live , I like octopus.
I once went catching small octopus with my mom.
Amazing video!! No questions this week.
Loved this live, see you next week!
i love tis week
Super interesting!!
Wow٫ Octopi are so interesting! I found it very inventive how that one figured out it could make a little hiding spot in the coconut. I also loved this video
Octopus are my favorite animal so this has been my favorite science live
Amazing video this week that learning about octopuses was amazing
Octopus’s are actually my favorite animals. (Other than unicorns. 🙂 I really enjoyed this video. (And as always I love R51!!! He’s hilarious.)