Octopus Mimics Robotic Octopus

[@believeinpeace]

Thanks!

[@JohnDownerProd]

Thank you so much for your Super Thanks! It's very much appreciated.

[@believeinpeace]

@@JohnDownerProd I absolutely love the two octopus videos I watched. I’m going to watch all of your videos. Thank you, thank you

[@MrAmitkr007]

​@believeinpeace thank you so much!! Heroes like you make internet!!

[@Doug_Fany]

Really cool octopus video indeed! I wish I could spare some money too, but that's about half my monthly wage

[@jin_cotl]

Savior!

[@arkorat3239]

Imagine spending so much effort sneaking around, and disguising yourself. And then you see your buddy doing the equivalent of a t-pose, just waddling around in the open.

[@numbers93]

I lmao’d when it tried to copy those T-posing waddling imposter. 😅 It’s worrisome to ponder how it might switch to more flamboyant strategies because of the spybot’s example.

[@pretzelbomb6105]

@@numbers93Only if it works. If he sees a predator try to attack the robot, only to give up because it’s too tough or tastes bad, mimicking it wouldn’t be a bad idea (at least against predators familiar with that robot).

[@rabbaniazzahra1784]

Nah im dead

[@shiningstar737]

I don’t know much about Fortnite but I think this is basically it

[@thehoodedteddy1335]

Spy mains in TF2 seeing an A Posing spy spamming voicelines

[@arf5108]

I'd like to think that the octopus was making fun of the spy. "this is how dumb you look bro"

[@I-Fail-A-Lotl]

Lmao

[@dylanhenson3581]

Lmao literally that femboy egirl video "bro why you look so fuckin ugly?" 😂😂😂

[@putaidanganimal1]

😂😂😂 HAHAHAHAHA

[@mynameisnoonesbusiness4488]

Seriously, it’s possible.

[@jintsuubest9331]

They are smart enough for that tbh.

[@mr.giggles4995]

That flatfish got catfished.

[@DebbiesJoy]

😂🤣

[@maxximus6418]

That is the most beautiful thing I’ve heard today

[@Recomification]

luckily not lionfished

[@dylanhenson3581]

Hahaha ahh fuck you you beat me to the joke 😂

[@CaptainSpycrab]

Imagine you see a hot girl on the street, turn around to chat her up, and she looks back at you, peels into ribbons, and reforms into a grizzly bear.

[@gamer_garden1705]

Ain’t no way I just witnessed a flatfish get catfished by an octopus 😭😭😭

[@Iloveatingice]

FOUR PROFILE PICTURE

[@hooktraining3966]

before GTA 6 at that

[@Demytybo]

NO WAY FOUR

[@Iloveatingice]

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[@MrNucleosome]

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[@lunaa764]

I can't explain it but octopuses seem to have so much personality, they're really intelligent creatures

[@D00nkey]

They are, there was this one octopus that was annoyed by this electric light, so it spat water at it to shut it off, they can learn quickly

[@Softlol]

If you haven’t already watch My Octopus Teacher. Its a great documentary and show off their intelligence and emotional complexities. Without a doubt the smartest animal on earth after humans!

[@bradweir]

And...3 hearts and blue blood.

[@samsmom1491]

Please sign the petition to get the octopus farms stopped in Spain. It's horrendous.

[@planetofthegapes]

@@Softlol He wanted to fuck the octopus though

[@dracodracarys2339]

It's almost like the octopus saw the spy octopus boldly strolling around unafraid out in the open and was like "this guy must have some potent secret defense! He's probably worth imitating..."

[@Commonwealth96]

Probably noticed all the other life swimming around it and paying it no mind and went "huh... weird but OK."

[@1C3CR34M]

@@Commonwealth96I imagine he was making fun of it, octopuses are smart enough to do that. “This is what you look like man”

[@thelemonwho]

Imagine going up to a girl at the bar; then she explodes into a mass of color changing tentacles and drifts away. Poor flatfish is never going to be the same after that date... 😂

[@BatmanBeyondBelief]

I think i saw that video once 😂😂😂

[@littlejimmy7402]

Kind of like accidentally finding 'her' D.

[@Johnnywhamo]

What like that never happened to you? You must not get out much.

[@mm-yt8sf]

OH! pardon me...i uhhh didn't realize you weren't human...i'll just be on my way.... 🙂

[@RedWoomy]

if someone exploded into a mass of color changing tentacles I'd be interested

[@AFloridaSon]

The world is lucky that you found your calling, and that calling was turning cameras into animals.

[@Northpluto-eg6jk]

Pretty fire calling, to be honest.

[@ChooseCompassion]

💯💯💯💯💯

[@RaptorJesus.]

It's crazy that it isn't just colours which it can change but also shape and texture

[@JohnDownerProd]

Absolutely! It's incredible.

[@zakosist]

Octopuses are the closest to shapeshifting we have in real life

[@adrianpoesiat]

🎼I’m a changeling , see me change🎶

[@JanusHoW]

And the crazy thing is that octopuses are colorblind, and yet still pull this off.

[@jacoreycannon]

@@zakosistit’s definitely cuttlefish 😂

[@cordyceps7531]

It’s funny how this octopus just seems to be doing nothing but vibing the ocean and flexing it’s abilities to camouflage

[@Grindsetillionaire]

Just gliding through life

[@cleopatraonlyfans]

This is how jim carrey glided through the 80s

[@qwertydavid8070]

honestly if I had half of the abilities octopus had, I'd be flexing theme everyday too

[@ArtzyZero]

Octopus can be playful, it could very easily have done it for its own amusement or felt the spy Octopus wasn't doing a good job camouflaging and wanted to give it a few pointers! :D

[@PattyOflan88]

Practice makes perfect

[@anti-Russia-sigma]

Fake octopus:”I’m a fake.” Real octopus:”You’re also a distraction.”😁

[@quantumblauthor7300]

God I wish that was me

[@leociresi4292]

Mimic Octopus:”Soooo, think you’re pretty good, eh? Try this!” ( imitates Banded Sea Krait)

[@Debbie338]

If octopuses lived longer, I think they’d rule the world.

[@rambozo_fpv176]

Theyre one of the oldest living organisms already...

[@Debbie338]

@@rambozo_fpv176 I think you missed my point.

[@mo_the_goat_1]

@@rambozo_fpv176 he means live longer as time for them to evolve or something not like age

[@Glasstable2011]

@@rambozo_fpv176they live to about 2-3 years old

[@wickedbird1538]

😮😮eventually, they may live longer and take over the oceans.

[@rileyrobin2]

very funny that it mimicked the spy camera at the end! sea snakes are so elegant in the water.

[@kingo_friver]

He knew Spyrobo was the most invincible creature throughout the video. No one would even try to hit him despite the consistent visibility lol

[@potatomo9609]

@@kingo_friverof course it is, the cameraman never dies

[@daymastery]

Agreed. Thought it was pretty cute that the sea snake checked out the spy camera too 😊

[@XavierUgg]

I love how the robotic one walks, it’s like it waddles!

[@stealthlock6634]

Do you like how I walk, Do you like how I talk, Do you like how my face Disintegrates into chalk

[@Gabzew]

​@@stealthlock6634I have a wonderful wife, I have a powerful job She criticizes me for being egocentric

[@snansserif316]

Hahahaha I practice my mannerisms into the wall

[@stealthlock6634]

@@snansserif316 If this mirror were clearer I’d be standing so tall

[@ChocoBunny]

When the flatfish thought the octopus was one of his kind, it reminded me of Pepe Le Pew when the cat would always accidentally change into a skunk.

[@thisisgoodnews8043]

Lmao I could almost hear Pepe’s hopping music when that flatfish was chasing the octopus.

[@FreakinFred08]

I was gonna comment the exact same thing!

[@splendiferous_wallflower]

WAIT OMG YOURE SO RIGHT

[@joonasnaski9513]

That robot is like a skinwalker to the actual octopuses.

[@elliot_rat]

and mimic octopuses are already skinwalkers so it's like, skinwalker²

[@JesgateOnDown]

That's not the robot. These robots are awesome but they can't can't do those types of mimicry... that's the real octopus. 🥴

[@DEARDANI_]

​@@JesgateOnDown They r talking about the "spy" octopus camera

[@blorp2031]

​@@DEARDANI_ Really fitting you have a splatoon pfp on an ocean vid

[@ahmadfirdausabdlatif4507]

​@@blorp2031 Not just ocean but also an octopus

[@stupidlysmart4202]

Octopuses are amazing when you really think about how smart and coordinated they are

[@theTUBEboy44]

Yes it’s even more incredible that they don’t learn it from their ancestors and have obly a lifetime of about 3-4 years

[@mo-s-]

*Octopi ☝️🤓

[@cahan557]

⁠@@mo-s-it is actually octopuses since it comes from greek meaning “eight footed” rather than latin. If we are being really ☝️🤓 then it should be “octopodes” (The longer answer is that people believed the plural should be octopi because we took the word octopus from latin however latin took it from the greek oktopus and so it makes more sense to honour the word’s original grammar rules rather than the middle man’s grammar rules. This is why many people mistakenly correct octopuses to octopi.)

[@greateagle8799]

Actually octopi is correct for English but so many people never learned that so we just gave up on using it

[@terrelldurocher3330]

​@@greateagle8799 our collective refusal to say octopuss plurals wrong shows we ain't actually good with words

[@luxxlace6678]

Plot twist the octopus is the mime of the ocean that even the toughest give them a chuckle & say “good one man” therefore avoiding all conflict

[@BatmanBeyondBelief]

“Dis you” 🤪🤪🤪

[@Gardentrellis]

Mime? More like Jester

[@luxxlace6678]

@@Gardentrellis a true magician 🪄

[@Hallands.]

It keeps puzzling me how octopuses evolved to be so intelligent, versatile and strange - and still has a lifespan of only 3 years!

[@carto4028]

Our common ancestors with them are flatworms. They are a completly different reimaging of what an intelligent lifeform is. They are native aliens.

[@eeveeofalltrades4780]

A design as amazing as this can't come from nowhere.

[@Hallands.]

@@eeveeofalltrades4780 Nothing comes from nowhere.

[@arkdirfe]

That also means that since they are solitary creatures, everything they do, they taught themselves within their lifetimes. It would be amazing to see what they could do with longer lifespans and a means to pass along knowledge.

[@Hallands.]

@@arkdirfe Some of the extraterrestrial visitors we seem to have always had are probably Cephalopods😊

[@deckzone3000]

He catfished that fish. 😢

[@AFloridaSon]

😅😅😅

[@Mortthemoose]

😂 he really did!

[@thewelshballanimations6931]

What if the fish knew....?

[@laurarandolph5600]

Unbelievable...disorienting. Like a master magician... a master of disguises... The music, narration, photography are great... Who would ever suspect the vastly complicated world hidden behind the few little species most humans are aware of...

[@Trotoloko]

I'm sure that octopus wasn't just trying to avoid damage but actually playing with the "weird fella"

[@silentotaku8]

I imagine the octopus has an Irish accent now lol!

[@bigprovolone4209]

@@silentotaku8i just rewatched the video with that accent in mind for the real octopus it was so fun

[@silentotaku8]

@@bigprovolone4209 lol

[@luzcalderon7808]

Nothing better than a documentary narrated by the 10th Doctor himself

[@lkgrave4959]

Don't you mean the 14th?

[@JustAnAstronautPerson]

​@@lkgrave4959technically yeah you're right but it's actually the 10th.

[@lkgrave4959]

@@JustAnAstronautPerson And he was also the demon Crowley.

[@evilgoblinofhell]

@@lkgrave4959And scrooge mcduck

[@sameaston9587]

​@@lkgrave4959Don't you mean the Metacrisis Doctor?

[@lars2894]

One of the best footage I've seen on this channel. I am awestruck right now.

[@JohnDownerProd]

Wow, thanks! Glad you liked it.

[@Mortthemoose]

​@@JohnDownerProd I am ALWAYS struck by these soy camera videos, especially this one! I must have watched this half a dozen times!

[@AndromedaCripps]

It’s impressive how it’s able to observe and respond to complex shapes/movement/color!! It actually “knows” how to change its body to different colors. If we could have a conversation with it, it could feasibly make any pattern we asked it to! Insane.

[@mo-s-]

What if it communicated by writing text on it's skin

[@Pretty_ForkArts]

Maybe an experiment that could be done is getting 2 things with unnatural patterns or colors as an example for the octopus and gently harassing one but not the other to see if it changes to the one not being bothered

[@stephanieyee9784]

Octopuses are so fascinating and intelligent. This one was amazing and playful. It looked like it was having a ball.

[@MissNArismendezX]

😮 I've never seen an octopus behave in a way that shows how it thinks the robot octopus should defend itself and showing it how to camouflage then flipping out when the robot doesn't comply then flipping out even more after predators pass by the robot then ultimately cooping itself up to reflect what the hell went wrong in its world.. 😮😮😮

[@lwilso9152]

The octopus looking at the fake octopus is like a real person in Disneyworld talking to a giant fake suit of a cartoon person

[@CooperMarketingUnlimited]

The amount of self-awareness required to imagine how you look from the perspective of another animal is wild.

[@Hollyucinogen]

There's a video of some scientists doing some experiments on cuttlefish somewhere on KZbin, and they showed him a black-and-white checkered pattern, and he couldn't figure out how to mimic it, so he just stared for a while and then did a single black square in the middle of his forehead. 😂

[@chenilleoneil1289]

Yeah I saw that too. You could tell the cuttlefish tried REALLY hard.

[@CMDRJakob]

"This flatfish is looking for a mate." "NO NO NO NO, WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT!!"

[@DelRae]

The flatfish getting cat fished I cannot

[@Iphideen]

I love how this squid just thinks he has a new buddy and they are going along on a joutmey together.

[@ReneeFrenchgirl]

It's an octopus, not a squid.

[@koreboredom4302]

The flatfish didn't even kill him after, just turned around and swam away in shame.

[@Chromebeetle_]

Absolutely amazing impersonations!

[@dingus_maximus]

I KNEW it was David Tennant narrating this! So glad I went in the description to check, I went almost two minutes thinking I was insane lol

[@cbea5243]

The moment he said "poisonous" I knew for sure 😂

[@1.4142]

"Beep boop I'm a robot"

[@JanusHoW]

Scientists in the future have studied your ass for centuries, and have sent back in time to mimic it!

[@Mortthemoose]

Incredible creatures! I can't wait for science to advance, so that we can know even more about these fascinating aliens!

[@carolmhlanga2810]

The Flatfish following the octopus 🐙 🙌 and then turning back like: "OH my bad"

[@jenm1]

He looks like he's having so much fun

[@Breakiscool]

It really seems like other fish are always fighting for their very survival constantly, while the octopus is just like "Huh, wonder if I can do that."

[@shishoka]

Mother of God... do you know what this means? It's learned to DO THE ROBOT!

[@AutomanicJack]

octopus essentially troll everything full time

[@VeganDoris]

So cool! We often see octopi mimic their surroundings, but this is the first time I’ve seen them mimic another organism!

[@NewCollarNetwork]

Octopus is derived from Greek so plural is Octopuses! I just learned that in a cool book about a naturalist learning about the intelligent critters at the Boston Aquarium.

[@Lu.9]

Drama on the sea floor… keeping up with the octopi

[@KenanLaudat-tp3bp]

Honestly heartbreaking when flat fish Sammy got cat fished Really shows how much of a jerk octopus jack is

[@birbluv9595]

Wonderful video! I just discovered you, and subscribed. When i learned how utterly amazing and intelligent octopuses are, i stopped eating them, though i’d eaten octopus only twice before. We have so much to learn from these talented creatures.

[@JohnDownerProd]

Thank you for subscribing! Yes octopuses are amazing creatures.

[@tinygreenguy968]

Octopus trying to blend in and act normal like the flat fish is a cop and he’s got a warrant

[@HelicopterDown]

These documentaries are magical! I absolutely love how alien and intelligent Octopi are. I've always wondered, who films the robot octopus? Is there a diver swimming nearby as I figure that would spook the creatures, or is it a camera on a rope tether?

[@buzzyboo6673]

I really hope it's not a diver for this episode. Those waters seem to be infested with poisonous critters! 😊

[@aracelylopezpsyd5794]

2 spies perhaps?

[@TemiFooksman]

I wouldn’t say I’m fooled but I will say I’m impressed a gifted shapeshifter no other octopus can do this!

[@shadydaemon4178]

Cuttlefish can change shape and color too, but for either hypnosis, or males mimicking females to get close.

[@Freddy67675]

It amazing how quickly they can change their colours and texture, I love watching them, 😊😊

[@alvisstalwart925]

Im always astonished at just how much detail octopus will successfully mimic just from a few moments of observation (probably memory too in older ones). It strikes me as analogous to someone adopting not just the dress, but the walking gait and dialect of another group of people after a quarter hour spent people watching.

[@nadiaddis1145]

It HAS to be super exhausting, to be that intelligent!!

[@sandrawilkinson3782]

I wish they all knew how much we adore them. Such a sweet little sea monster. Precious❤❤❤

[@SuccessOverStress]

So how is it that the chameleon steals the show when it comes to blending in?!

[@degariuslozak2169]

I like to imagine that Octopi are just mocking creatures for fun sometimes

[@Tenshihan-Quinn]

It's so awesome to have nature documentaries narrated by Dr.Who (David Tennant).

[@FreeCandyGuy]

Real octopus: 🐙🐡🪱🐍 Fake octopus: 🗿

[@hizzy70]

You forgot to mention when it impersonated a sea snake without the snake even being around 1:00

[@matejmasic6540]

I thought it was mimicking a feather star

[@jaykilkenny5727]

It's from a BBC series called Spy in The Wild. Narrated by David Tennant.

[@rizvinayem5882]

I think octopuses are the most amazing creatures on earth.

[@chandir7752]

- Can fool anyone with stunning shape shifting abilities - gets fooled by a doll that barely moves

[@elenavinogradova2600]

осьминожки необыкновенные, потрясающие и умные животные. спасибо за фильм

[@DakovP]

what an amazing creature, truly an alien in our world

[@rambozo_fpv176]

Alien to us land-based creatures.

[@blucat4]

Your world? It was never your world.

[@DakovP]

@@blucat4true I’m not of this world

[@LinnRivers]

I am always mindblown when I watch videos of octopuses. It is beyond words! So amazing.

[@user-bg8ip9vv7q]

4:20 * look im you bro *

[@nobody.special23]

So, an octopus is the David Bowie of its world. A beautiful, creative intelligent chameleon.

[@LiterallyDeepu]

man I LOVE these videos so much

[@DeepWeeb]

I like how by the end the real octopus seeks to (passably) imitate a camera that is already (poorly) imitating a real octopus

[@MythicGirl2210]

The flatfish is like "ayo wait up babygirl!" 😂😂

[@ianoliver2224]

"Buddy, stop following me. I'm an octopus." "Oh, sorry. See ya!" "See ya."

[@FaultStrider]

3:12, I’m sorry, they can voluntarily flatten their tentacles??

[@Soon_Zi_Ing]

hahaha:) the octopus mimicking the spy octopus part was so funny and cute

[@s_m_v]

1:15 Is the flatfish _poisonous_ or _venomous?_

[@keagancop5451]

I think poisonous and venomous is the same

[@zandikaa]

Poisonous. They have no venom.

[@TAWMUD]

Venomous means the have to bite of sting you to be deadly you can drink venom and be fine because it’s just proteins. Poison on the other hand can be absorbed by the skin to it’s far more dangerous I’d say it’s venomous considering it lives in water and if it’s defense mechanism it would be better used in a way that doesn’t require it to die.

[@panicmosem5969]

Poisonous. Venomous = it bites you, you're sick. Poisonous=you bite it, you're sick. Some secrete toxins so that if they are eaten, they hurt the predator, and sometimes will be spit out. I don't think they have venom in their bite/teeth. So.... Poisonous

[@NotAMuse]

You could say he’s a real MASTER OF DISGUISE! ❤

[@strawpiglet]

I wonder if we will ever be able to know what an octopus is thinking. Presumably it knows it is mimicking things. Is it by compulsion? Curiosity? For the fun of it?

[@bravadita]

you would love Children of Ruin by Adrian Tchaikovsky

[@JustinSteele-gd5nu]

Getting catfished by an octopus 😂 I've officially seen it all

[@miamitten1123]

How do they change and even know instantly what colours to pick? No one I’ve seen has explained.

[@ness6714]

This is why there is a whole game trilogy about how Squids and Octopod would inherit the earth once were gone.

[@TopLob]

03:22 What's that bus-looking thing in the background?

[@onlyforreddit6511]

The magic school bus?

[@imtripp1n]

Yeah actually wtf

[@panicmosem5969]

It's a bus... they sink old buses just like ships to become a reef Sanctuary. 😊 train cars too

[@XaviusNight]

I've heard of catfishing before, but flatfishing is a new one.

[@holierthanthou_]

Stressful life for the octopus.

[@woopzbruh-p3r]

It looks like its having fun to me

[@DulceN]

Amazing animals. With a brain for each tentacle, I cannot be surprised at how much more they can do.

[@Fomites]

I'm falling in love with cephalopods.

[@blucat4]

If you haven't already seen it, you must watch "True Facts About The CuttleFish" 😄

[@bubblepopva]

I love that David Tennant is narrating. I’m just imagining The Doctor telling his companion all about these awesome animals. 💙

[@enricotoesca3941]

Fantastic channel Dear Paul Downer 🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@JohnDownerProd]

Many thanks! Glad you enjoy it!

[@enricotoesca3941]

@@JohnDownerProd Have a nice 🥰

[@josueoliveira532]

I have come to the conclusion that the mimic octopus is the best invertebrate of all.

[@RAD6150]

Always entertaining... and informative.

[@mikevanderman2727]

The most awesome thing I have seen in years, I am still in awe, beautiful, simple beautiful

[@ForNika]

I walk out of any damn restaurant that sells octopus.

[@hydrogen-8]

oh, i see 🙄 when they shapeshift into sand and fish and robot cameras it's 'impressive' and 'intelligent', but when they shapeshift into a delicious seafood dish thats where you draw the line? 🤨 /j

[@ReneeFrenchgirl]

​@@hydrogen-8I really hope you are joking.

[@hydrogen-8]

@@ReneeFrenchgirl that's what /j means ^^

[@sharim]

Octopuses are my favorite sea creature. Thanks for the amazing footage!

[@鄧運霖]

章魚真的是一種很有趣的生物.

[@debrakleid5752]

Octopuses are amazing animals and very intelligent too! They are as smart as whales and dolphins of the seas and dogs, cats, gorillas, elephants on land.

[@debbierowley8833]

I want an octopus, not just any one, I want that one

[@electricbayonet2]

1:45 ...I just realized that Pepe Le Pew cartoons were closer to nature documentaries than I ever thought.

[@carolinejohansen851]

2:20 i though you said "redditors" instead of "predators" and had to do a double take

[@_monti142]

some definitely fit description

[@lioneagle2555]

Imagine seeing a girl, you follow her then she turns out to be a Skinwalker and turns into a tentacled monster, that flatfish ain't recovering from that.

[@marymorris8185]

Some scerntist say octopus were brought here by aliens . They are very clever !

[@Pallomember]

"How do you do, fellow lionfish?"

[@brandibennett1163]

I bet that flat fish was like "Hmm my what long legs you have, my dear."

[@lakegroce685]

“By staying in character, the mimic has gained an admirer” me already guessing what’s about to happen after listening to that ominous line: “No” “The Flatfish is looking for a mate” Me cursing and cheering for my amazing deduction skills “No!!”