Octopus Intelligence Experiment Takes an Unexpected Turn
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Published 2019-05-27
The only way he can access his food is to unscrew the top of the bottle. He was able to find another way into the bottle that was not foreseen by his handlers.
It’s always fun when an experiment takes a turn we did not expect.
In order to understand the force applied to pop off the white top, we tried to replicate this ourselves. We were able to pop the top off outside of the tank, but when the bottle was inside the tank, we were unable to duplicate what the octopus did. We applied a tremendous amount of force and we were still unable to do what he did inside the water.
All Comments (21)
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Scientists: Unscrew it Octopus: Screw you breaks it
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This octopus: "If your problem can't be solved with force, that's because you aren't using enough of it."
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This Octopus was smart enough to realise a dumb move would work just fine.
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I love how octopuses think it over and re-strategize. The sure sign of intelligence.
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Dr. Octopus publishes scholarly peer reviewed paper titled “Humans Not As Smart As We Thought.”
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“He takes a step back and analyzed the situation for 5 mins” Also me when trying to open a jar
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Give these little guys a 30-year lifespan and they'll take over the world.
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"Let's see if the octopus is smart enough to open a screw top!" Octopus: unhooks lid, climbs out of tank, goes to Home Depot, buys a boxcutter, comes back and cuts the bottle to get the fish.
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"Society wants me to twist the the top off, but I'm having none of it." --- Rebel Without A Bone
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I liked the part where the octopus stole the researcher’s credit card and ordered more fish from Amazon.
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A man once said 'the reason humanity rules the surface is because octopi can't survive on dry land'. With videos like this, I believe him.
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The way he fell back and pounced his head! 😄 too cute!
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I like to imagine the Octopus cussing violently during this entire scenario.
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Scientist: He has to unscrew the bottle, that's the only way The Wise Octopus: There is another
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Octolab, please consider putting a running timer on the screen - it would be interesting to know how much time is passing as he’s figuring things out
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The octopus looks pissed at the end. He looks like he's staring at the observers and thinking "was it really necessary to make me go through that in order to eat? Am I here for your amusement? Do I amuse you"?
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This is the song I imagine octopuses hear their entire life
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This is like playing DnD and saying “I would like to break down this door” when you know very well you could just open it
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The ending makes me happy.... Him just sitting there, happily munching his treat and peering back at us through the glass as if to say... "What's next?" 🤭🤭🤭
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The octopus should get more credit, it is the most intelligent out of the mollusc family. I’d love to have a conversation with an octopus, as an engineer we would have lots in common.
