I gotta go to work in 4hours and I'm over here learning about octopuses at 2 AM

"You gained intelligence?"

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.

I worked with a marine biologist studying cephalopods. He had one big tank for octopuses and one for crabs, their favorite food. One morning he came in and found that one of his octopuses had pushed the lid open on his tank, crossed the floor and climbed into the crab tank. Soon it became a common occurrence. He decided to give the octopus a mild shock when he found it in the crab tank to deter it. Within days he came in and found the octopus had still gone to the crab tank, eaten it's fill, but then climbed back to its own tank to avoid the shock.

> ditched the shell

"Lose your shell, and gain enlightenment" -Octopus

This is some crazyy shit to watch at 2am, im absolutely mind blown

Such content is incredibly underappreciated

The next time someone tells you, you need to get out of your shell; they’re offering you a path to evolution, intelligence and enlightenment.

Exam in 4 hours, have I studied? No. Have I learned about how octopuses are possibly the first intelligent being? Yes. Am I happy with my productivity? Hell mother f’ing yes.

just how intelegent are they?

changing colors and body textures is incredible but what amazes me even more is the speed at which the octopus does it…it’s freakin insane man

the idea that another animal from this planet evolves to a point where we could talk back and forth with each other would be amazing.

When you learn something so incredible and interesting that you feel like you need to go tell someone about it, you know you learned something good.

Octopuses: *sophisticatedly evolved to survive this long

Your content is so high quality! Congrats! I loved the Netflix documentary "Octopus teacher", cried at the end. These animals are amazing, more than we usually think!