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The Insane Biology of: The Octopus

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Watch this video ad-free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/real-science-the-insane-biology-of-the-octopus New streaming platform: https://watchnebula.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/realscience Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephaniesamma Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stephaniesammann Credits: Writer/Narrator/Editor: Stephanie Sammann Editor: Dylan Hennessy (https://www.behance.net/dylanhennessy1) Illustrator/Animator: Kirtan Patel (https://kpatart.com/illustrations) Animator: Mike Ridolfi (https://www.moboxgraphics.com/) Sound: Graham Haerther (https://haerther.net) Thumbnail: Simon Buckmaster (https://twitter.com/forgottentowel) Producer: Brian McManus (https://www.youtube.com/c/realengineering) Imagery courtesy of Getty Images References: [1] https://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/cephalopod-camouflage-cells-and-organs-of-the-144048968/ [2] https://thebiologist.rsb.org.uk/biologist-features/158-biologist/features/2071-the-real-chameleons [3] https://ideas.ted.com/oddballs-with-high-level-intelligence-a-q-a-with-roger-hanlon-about-the-amazing-octopus/ [4] https://jeb.biologists.org/content/218/10/1462.short [5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_animals_by_number_of_neurons [6] https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-06/agu-rmh062419.php [7] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/mar/28/alien-intelligence-the-extraordinary-minds-of-octopuses-and-other-cephalopods [8] https://www.cell.com/trends/ecology-evolution/fulltext/S0169-5347(18)30267-2 [9] http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Definitions_of_Play#:~:text=One%20often%2Dquoted%20definition%20of,patterns%20resembling%20those%20used%20in [10] https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/beastly-behavior/201705/why-play-is-important

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mandy_butler 1 month ago

9 brains 3 hearts and connected to the perfect self. What a beast.

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hakanhenk747 1 month, 1 week ago

octopuses genuinely feel like aliens living in the ocean

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shawnbird242 1 month, 1 week ago

Why am I watching this at 3AM

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ianvoid39 3 months, 4 weeks ago

HOW CAN SOMEONE EAT THIS INTELLIGENCE CREATURE BROO

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garry.hayes 4 months, 1 week ago

Now imagine there's dumb idiots eating them

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adán.cuellar 4 months, 2 weeks ago

all octopuses are the same, they all think with their arms

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franklinvelvet77 6 months ago

16:52 is a strikingly good image 😮😮

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micheal_santiago 7 months ago

The octopus has nine brains not really sure if it ever makes a mistake compared to a human where we make mistakes all the time

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vasudhamalhotra949 7 months ago

The fact that complex intelligence evolved twice on earth in entirely different settings makes me more optimistic that intelligent life may evolve on other planets as well.

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rebeccareynolds895 9 months ago

16:40 of this video is so true. The struggles and tough situation of survival had to put pressure on the octopus 🐙 in order to survive. So, it had to learn the hard way because of its fragile body. It had to learn how to hide and evade detection. Octopus are so amazing. I can not believe how amazingly they can mimic their surroundings. I also noticed that my own struggle is pressuring me to learn new things as well.

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meghana_bobal 9 months, 3 weeks ago

this is just insane. thanks for all these infos

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crystal_ramirez 9 months, 3 weeks ago

They literally left their mortal shells to achieve enlightenment

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jilllewis330 9 months, 4 weeks ago

It is absolutely insane how they can change color

priya_ghose
priya_ghose 10 months, 2 weeks ago

Intelligence is not only trieggered by groups but by need of survival.

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enzogabriel_pacheco 10 months, 4 weeks ago

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agathe_marion 1 year, 4 months ago

They’re 100% alien. That skin is like….highly advanced technology.

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ayushman.chaudry 1 year, 5 months ago

Cool, now I will wake my mom up at 2 am to tell her what I've learn

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babyberry 1 year, 7 months ago

So we should stop eating them.

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victoire.lucas 2 years, 3 months ago

Well... one could argue the Octopus is a social animal since it has to navigate all 8 of its legs that each individually have their own minor free-will. Basically, from the Octopuses perspective, it might be like have 8 dogs on leashes that it is trying to keep together haha.

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hans-willi_kallert 2 years, 3 months ago

I would never eat one.. although I’ve been offered