This is a video of Youtuber Mattias Krantz attempting to teach an octopus named Tako to play the piano over the course of six months. That’s a long time. Like a quarter of an octopus’s life. If I spent a quarter of my life trying to learn something, I’d like

This is a video of a robotic spy octopus built by John Downer Productions for the BBC/PBS series Spy In The Wild capturing the daily activities of a coconut octopus. And what exciting daily activities they are! The coconut octopus is unique in that it’s one of only two species

After performing a modified version the classic rubber hand experiment on octopuses, Japanese researchers Sumire Kawashima and Yuzuru Ikeda at The University of the Ryukyus have suggested octopuses may experience a sense of body ownership similar to humans. In the experiment, a partition and fake tentacle were used to cover

Seen here catching a ride on a jellyfish because work smarter, not harder, this is an incredibly informative video from Bizarre Beasts detailing the evolutionary development of the argonaut, the only octopus with a shell, and the only one that lives in the open ocean, unlike the rest of its

Spotted by a submersible remote operated vehicle (ROV) launched from the EV Nautilus about 500 nautical miles northwest of Oʻahu, Hawaii, this is a video of a recently discovered Casper octopus. The octopus was found “walking” along the seafloor at a depth of about 2,300m (7,575-feet, ~1.4-miles), with a body

This is a video from Mark Rober of his brief pet octopus Sashimi making her way through an increasingly difficult 9-part obstacle course/maze in order to reach the vault at its center, containing all her favorite shrimpy food. Octopuses not only have a central brain, but 2/3s of their neurons

While investigating the waters of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument in Hawaii, the ROV Little Hercules spotted a rarely seen dumbo octopus just floating in the current. Apparently the marine biologists watching the feed were particularly happy to see this dumbo octopus, because the last one they spotted was in

Because some people are firm believers that only their own personal space should be respected, this is a video of diver and photographer Eric Desmet upsetting an octopus in Cannes, France, to the point the alien tries to snatch his camera away from him. Can’t say I blame it, if