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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I loved today’s live the Octopus is amazing!
LOVE THIS SCHOOL THE LIVES ATE AWSOME
I love the science lives
Octopus are so smart!
awesome live today
The octopus is my favorite animal. I can’t wait to learn about them tonight.
Great time, thank you for sharing about octopus
this was so interesting
I liked learning about octopuses.
Octopus are amazing
I love science live.
I’m so excited for Acellus World this year! 😀
Hi Genevieve! We are so excited to have you there!!!!
Octopuses are so unique!
I’m surprised they did the “oof” effect also I. Cant Believe the octopus talked to Pajet Monet also it looks very Ai.
Hello from Texas
The octopus is a remarkable sea creature!
Wow, you can make a working battery that uses dirt? That’s surprising; how do you make electricity out of that?
Are octopi poisonous?
It’s amazing that mimic octopi can act and look like other sea life.
I loved learning about octopi today, it’s so awesome to know that even the most basic looking creatures can be really clever!
Great video this week
is Octopus ink always black?
See everyone next week!
wow octopus are so cool
Today was a good day can’t wait for the next one
it is really amazing that octopuses are super flexible!
octopus are cool because i like to think that they are the closes thing to actual aliens
Occupy are so so cool!!!!
Such a fun science live!
The octopus is so cool!
Wow this is pretty amazing.
wow octopus’s are so interesting!
Octopi truly are one of Earth’s most surprising creatures.
Octopus are so cool!
How old is the oldest recorded octopus?
Thanks for the live!
So cool
Can’t wait for next week.
Brooklynn from MS
So are octopus like aliens because there unlike any other species in the ocean like they bleed blue and they can change their skins in the shape of spike it doesn’t make sense.
The octopus is awesome. They are the most successful creatures in history they date back to the dinosaur times.
I learned a lot of new facts about an Octopus, my favorite thing was how they can fit into very tiny spaces.
I love octopuses their such cool creatures!
how can skin be photosensitive?
Thank you
Octopi are so cool
How does an octopus change color? This was really funny! Did anyone else keep looking at the octopi on the desk?
wow, 9 brains and 3 hearts
Hello from NC
I love octopuses my favorite sea creature
wow soo cool
I wish I had 9 brains
I learned about the miraculous octopus.
The octopus is actually my favorite aquatic animal! So, it’s so cool to see them get the spotlight on this episode; I even learned new things about them!
Such a cool live tonight!
Great videos about octopus changing colors.
Hi From ATL I like the protogés and the inventiniors
Wow!! I didin’t know that the octopus was so cool!!😃
love it
Happy Wednesday
Hey from Texas!
if octopus lost one heart, will it die, or 2 others will keep it alive?
I leared that the things that allow octopuses to comophloge is called chromatophores.
If a octopus likes you then you let it go and find it again 1 month later would it still remember you
I know right! 😁
WOW I didn’t know octopus was very cool. I just know they swim and act like they’re spy 🐙🕵️♀️
Imagine making a octopus based robot
I like science
I am convinced they are aliens with how they are.
This is sooo cool I love ocean animals
Hello from Illinois
Can this octopus camouflage and adapt to its surroundings?
Loved this video!
Tuning in from CA
This was really interesting!!
Watching from Kentucky
Octopuses are one of the smartest creatures
woah nice live
this show inspired me to be better!
Yeah octopuses are very cool 😃
I love this episode it taught me so much.
the ocean is very unique! incredible live
I never knew how octupus can act!
Your octopus was so cute. I love watching all y’all‘s videos.
Amazing! Thank you!!
Watching from ohio! Great show!
The octopus thing was so cool
This show inspires me to be better, and I can accomplish what I dream about doing in life.
Thank you octopus as are cool!
That nice that the show inspires you to do better.
I never knew that about octopuses, so glad I got to learn something new!
so interesting, I really liked this episode!
The octopus was fantastic!
i have a pet octopus
I watched episode about octopus but it’s not registering in the system. So I’m commenting again
I wish I new when the science fair started
Octopuses are really cool
That was awesome!
I loved this science live!
Omggg I love octopusesss!!🐙🌊💙
This science live was awesome! Love learning about the octopus.
When I grow up I want to be a marine biologist. I love sharks the most but, I find the octopus very interesting.
Great video!!
I’ve never really known you to make an entire video about a specific animal, should we expect things like this more often in the future?
Can’t wait for Acellus world
Hello Nicholas! We’re so excited to have you there!!!
CAN YOU REPLY TO MEEEEEE PLEASEEEE?????
OH MY GOD NO WAY HII
Insane that they actually replied Hey You guys I wanna know how to get you guys to reply to my own comment on a future live
How does the octopus use its ink?
Octopuses are so incredibly smart and beautiful in my opinion. They are my favorite sea creature. Actually they are my favorite animal! I loved this science live!!!
I did not know that octopus can grow there arms back
Did you know that an octopuses nervous system is so advanced, that if it loses a limb that limb can survive on its own for a while until it obviously starves……
Great live
Thank you so much for doing the science lives there always so interesting
Cool video. This video showed me how much more is out there that we havent discovered,
Hello acellus !!
I would like to come, but I live in GA. So my mom said me and my sis can’t come.
What’s Acellus world ?
I thoght that the octopus was cool because it has 9 hearts, and 8 of them are in it’s legs.
i wont be going its to far
Great live!
The octopus is incredible. Hello from Nevada
This episode seems pretty cool. I’ll be working this weekend.
Love the octopuss!!!
i love the octopus he is so cute.
So cute!
Octopus 🐙 are like spy’s , so awesome 🤩. Poor R-51, he didn’t see the octopus doing tricks.
Hello from alanta georgia.
I know it was so sad!
I love these livess!!
that was intresting
Hiiiii frome South Carolina
Hello from Illinois!
Hello what did you like about the show??
How cool
octopi and sea life in general are so cool. looking forward to learning more!
Amazing to learn about different octopus I love science and love watching every Wednesday!!
I loved today episode! It was amazing learning about how octopuses change colors and textures. Also, r51 was really funny 😀😂
Cute octopus!! interesting as well.
the sea is so cool
Hello from IL!
I think I want a let octopus now 🐙
this was a amazing live can’t wait for next week
Octopus are amazing!
Hello from Illinois
I’m from Illinois too! Hello
I’m from Illinois too! Hello
Octopus are amazing.
Octopuses are cool animals!
I really enjoyed today’s science live!
I liked learning about how an octopus has 9 brains.
Octopuses are so cool!
This so interesting
I do like the ocean ive wanted to be a marine biologist
Could this octopus change itself into a rainbow?
That would be look so cool! But im not sure if they can
No, sadly an octopus can not change itself into a rainbow for their colors only include hues such as reds, tans, and browns… It would be really neat though!
I think no
that was such a good science live
Great video tonight! Octopuses can turn into so many colors.
learned a lot about octopuses and just so fascinating the world we live in
Omg… I love r51. Gonna teach the octopus to be really sweet and social lol
These are very interesting facts about octopuses!
Octopus are so cool!
The guy teaching the octopus was silly!
Hi from SC.
What does SC stand for?:)
Great episode today!
Loved the science live!
Hiii from Mexico
octopus are really cool
Octopuses are really cool!
I love science
Ocean creatures are so amazing and I love learning about them
The miraculous octopus is an amazing sea creature. It can change its color by stretching muscles!
I love octopuses! Biology is my favorite!!
Octopus are interesting
octopus are such fascinating animals!
I love the octopus
Tonight’s live was awesome. I loved learning about octopus and r51 is hilarious.
I loved this week’s Science Live! 🙂
This was awesome!
i love this science live !!
Octopuses are very interesting to learn about, especially their mimicking abilities.
Hi from virginia
Hi from texas
Science life is so amazing
hi from texas
Hi from Tennessee
I love science live!
I’ve always LOVVEEED the mimic octopus. Learned about it a few years ago and love all its different forms
Hey from Texas!
ME TOO! It’s so cool how it can change color texture AND mimic other sea creatures!
hi from va
Can the octopus squeeze in a little hole as big as a shark tooth?
if it’s beak can fit
Yep they can
Hey, from va
Cool live
Ocean creatures are so cool!
Great video
great episode
I love octopus!
Science live was interesting to watch per usual!
Happy to watch!
Hi from North Carolina
This episode was amazing, octopuses are one of my favourite animals!
hi from texas!
Hey from Tennessee
It’s like camouflage 🙂
The octopus is by far one of the coolest animals!
R51 is funny.
Octopus are cool animals like!
I love science live!
Yeah, they are.
I love Science Live
color blind octopus with camouflage abilities! fascinating
miraculous is actually my favorite word in the English language because of the show miraculous ladybug but now that science live has a episode called the miraculous octopus now it is deffenitly my favorite word
Hello from wy!
I’m fascinated by the way a octopus can change colours imagine if humans could do that we would be unstoppable…
hello from nj
Here from FL!
octopi are very cool
I really enjoy learning about sea life!
Great science live!
Science lives are so interesting!
How long will Acellus world last?
Hi Jayden! Acellus World is going to be a 2-day event, from May 23rd to the 24th. For more information, check this out: Acellus World 2026!
CANT WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
that is so cool
I’ve always found octopus so cool!
Octupus are amazing
that was cool
I love science lives!
*my favorite part is the octopus for sure!
Octopus are such cool animals!
i love watching these
hiiii from tenneesee
Octopus are col animals
Thank you for such a wonderful Science Live!
how do i get my scholarship education
hi from nj
Great Live!
thanks for class;)
Great live!!
Loved the live, very educational, thank you so much for putting the the time to make it. Looking forward to the next live!!
I love animals so this one was perfect for me.
My favorite part was when they showed how the octopus escaped the jar on its own!
excited for today’s live!
I love how different octopuses have different things, some even the same.
Could we potentially, copy the mimic octopus and it’s skills to change color and texture?
hi Dr B , love your show every week
Hello! My favorite animal is an octopus so I’ll enjoy this video a lot.
Hi from CT!
Hey from nashville
I’ve always found the ocean and the creatures living in them so extraordinary!
Hello from fl
nine brains I’d love to be that smart!!!!!!!
I always thought Octopus’ were weird creatures. I learn every week here!
Octopuses are really cool in my opinion
Hope everyone is having a great week!!
I love this live!
The octopi information was really interesting!
hey from texass!
Octopuses’ intelligence is really interesting to learn about
Will there be an Acellus Cyber School in Louisiana ?
Hi from Long Beach, how do our eyes make out that specific color when seeing the camouflage of an octopus?
hey from missouri
Hi from Illinois
Thank you for the amazing science live!!
How to octopus reproduce?
My favorite animal is the octopus and I hope you guys will do more videos on animals in the future.
Here from Idaho!
Hello from TN.
I liked the live!
Hi from New York
I love octopuses🐙
Hey everyone! Watching from Texas!!!
I’m from TX.
Super cool.
Hey From Louisiana.
I love the octopus !
I LOVED THIS!!!