Octopus Reacts to Traffic Cone - Episode 1

Welcome to an all new series on OctolabTV. Octopus Reacts!
Watching an octopus react to an everyday object for the first time is always interesting. It's fascinating to watch them explore new objects. We thought that this is something our viewers would enjoy and we'll surely learn more about octopuses by watching them react to these objects for the first time.
We'll be posting an Octopus Reacts! video every Sunday at 2:00pm Eastern time. We're also going to need your input on the objects in question so get your thinking caps on! We can't wait to hear your ideas for future episodes of Octopus Reacts!

[@thoughtcriminal3843]

Wake up Sunday morning to a traffic cone in your pad. We've all had Saturday nights like that.

[@anthonyhargis6855]

ROFLMAO

[@Cara-39]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@CChissel]

@ThoughtCriminal Thats actually true, and a street sign or two.

[@maxine3587]

😄

[@riverratt101]

Lol

[@benmiller5015]

Awww he hugged the cone. I want an octopus to give me a hug

[@GenderWoman666]

He didn't hug it, he was probing it by touching :]

[@BeelySalasBlair-uy5wn]

😬🙅😂

[@BeelySalasBlair-uy5wn]

​@@GenderWoman666👩‍🔬🧬😅

[@MarkTrombly]

I never thought that watching an octopus get used to a traffic cone could be so relaxing. Wonderful choice of music too.

[@catherineveleker6822]

I love the way he discovers the object then sits back to consider it awhile before moving in to tentatively touch it a few times, then just goes for it.

[@treborironwolfe978]

I especially love the way he/she backs up and cowers down to study it, much like a dog or cat would do.. so adorable.

[@TheAcquibajo]

Catherine. Me too!

[@Star_Scoot]

Love at first sight

[@GGiblet]

Bravehearted octopus 💜 It's an alien thing after all

[@jennyaldrich7456]

They are very smart he's a cutie too.

[@NewMessage]

Ok, he yields fine.. but those hand signals are confusing.

[@BeelySalasBlair-uy5wn]

😂🚲

[@sueg2658]

He would really like if cone was turned on it’s side so he could climb in.

[@squirrel53968]

Maybe in episode 2

[@GGiblet]

Yes!😃

[@Aethgeir]

I was hoping it would knock it over!

[@elakay4397]

I'm surprised he didnt knock it over to crawl inside. He was able to pick up the set of keys. I think he liked the cone though

[@fixie650]

Why are there always fish in the video? And why do they stupidly follow a predator around the tank?

[@Walking_Death]

OCTOPUS: Oh Man, I must have been hammered last night. I do NOT remember bring this home.

[@blueeyes6852]

Closer and closer. Then one arm accidentally' glides by and touches the object. Every pass after that, the little Octopus gets a bit closer...really fascinating to watch. Thank you ! 🌺

[@tambalini1160]

Interesting idea for a series. Would like to see how they react to a plushy octo toy maybe??

[@BeelySalasBlair-uy5wn]

Kids? 🍼👶🚼😭😬😂

[@TheAcquibajo]

She made that cone her friend! Adorable to watch. 🐙

[@skyhiker9669]

What’s not to love about cephalopods? What WONDERFUL creatures! I LOVE’em all! Thank you.

[@tamray7952]

So many different postures (love the one beginning at 1:40) that I can just picture what may be going on in that octo mind. At least in my anthropomorphic way. Love the “embrace”!

[@screamingmimi90]

Fascinating. A few swims past, then chill. Then swim past, spread out all your arms to full length, watch for reaction. Swim by and touch, watch for reaction. Swim by and touch a little more, watch for reaction. Decide it’s harmless, go in for a hug, watch for reaction. Hug some more, just get comfy and enjoy strange new thing. So amazing. I love them.

[@itreallydoesntmatter160]

I literally click faster for octopus than humans- ands that’s because I’m terrified of their intelligence

[@williammann9477]

Aliens among us

[@jaewok5G]

each arm has it's own brain

[@dragjamon]

With humans I'm terrified of their stupidity

[@sandwitch4300]

Human: passes by/ignores 100s of traffic cones Octopus: gives hugs to 1st cone he ever sees

[@treborironwolfe978]

IMO, they are not "colorblind", they simply perceive color in a more advanced way than we yet understand, almost like a separate sense. "Octopuses, squid and other cephalopods are colorblind - their eyes see only black and white - but their weirdly shaped pupils may allow them to detect color and mimic the colors of their background, according to a father/son team of researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, and Harvard University.Jul 5, 2016" news.berkeley.edu/2016/07/05/weird-pupils-let-octopuses-see-their-colorful-gardens/

[@Zekiran]

When they spread out like that on the wall, is that signalling anything in particular? Is it because they're trying to look big, intimidate their 'foe', or ? omg love those little tentacle curls at 1:57.

[@marlenaforbes-reidy9876]

I love the way it carefully sizes up the traffic cone before touching it , very graceful in its movements. Highly intelligent creatures. 💖🐙💖🐙💖

[@Vinniegret]

Their movements are so hypnotic.

[@treborironwolfe978]

Speaking of "thinking cap".. too bad the cone wasn't smaller.. I feel certain that the goofypus would wear it as a hat.

[@TheAcquibajo]

Trebor 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@animationspace8550]

I would too

[@GGiblet]

I picture every creature donning a hat I see this octopus in a fez or tam o shanter perhaps...

[@treborironwolfe978]

@@animationspace8550 ;)

[@treborironwolfe978]

@@GGiblet I want to see an octopus wearing a miniature diver's helmet ;D

[@Corgisaurus-Rex]

This was adorable and fascinating. You could see it gradually working up to interacting with it. I wonder if the interaction would've been different if the traffic cone was a different size or color.

[@tenchraven]

"It compels my attention but I do not understand it!" Watching him (her?) examining it on all sides reminds me how unnatural just the geometry of our manufactured objects are- perfect cones are uncommon in nature, yet here is one. With no only a color that is almost unheard of in nature, but also the retroreflective band. The "hugs" seem to be our friend here confirming it really is the same shape all the way around, it isn't moving or anything. But the most interesting part is when he's scratching his head with two tenticals at the end, as if puzzling this thing out. I do wonder- are any of the humans he observes prone to head scratching while thinking?

[@marounazou8198]

This octopus is especially beautiful...Does it have a name yet? I would like to see an octopus reacting to a tool set (e.g. french key, screwdriver etc.)

[@TheAcquibajo]

Marou that would be interesting!

[@Linda98671]

Marou Nazou I thought this was a lovely octopus also.. very flamboyant... they are bewitching to watch, Grace personified.

[@billwhipple9039]

My first thought is to try different yard ornaments but then I wondered what an octopus would do with chicken/duck eggs. Would it crack them open? Would it eat them? Would it act like they were rocks? Would it care about them at all?

[@DaveyLuvGravy]

It sure looks like he's trying to imitate the cone at 2:20. Very interesting introduction style. Spread out on the wall to observe, then get close in a small rock shape then copy the object. I really believe that the octopus is far more intelligent than we give it credit.

[@heatherjones6647]

Revelation: octopi give the BEST hugs.

[@RaivoltG]

I could watch him forever! His moves, the way he slides around, so cool to watch! Octopuses Rule!!

[@thepreschooltest]

How about a child shape sorting box?

[@benmiller5015]

Looks like I stopped working on my car just in time

[@wordreet]

Tomorrow morning, check the cones you put out. Probably one missing! 😉

[@maujaxa]

That cone is the color of "THREAT" for them. I don't think he stopped being afraid of it and only approached it because it clearly wasn't moving. He still seemed spooked at the end. I could sense his stress.

[@cormacb2326]

Pretty sure the colour of a threat for an Octopus is simply darker colours, they go darker colours to indicate agression. The only sign of stress in gave off was going dark at the very end, but judging by the timing I think that was response to bonking its head unexpectedly on the glass.

[@lesliejohnson4196]

Adorable Octopus

[@tablet4327]

Can you give some tips on their behaviour, for example is the hugging at the end aggressive or inquisitive?

[@treborironwolfe978]

As an avid armchair octopus researcher, I can tell you it is all about curiosity and inquisitiveness for these little guys -- they must touch everything.

[@Dana-xv9lu]

I think it's more of a how heavy is this? Can I move it? Exploring

[@Vidchemy]

IMO, hugging the cone is the quickest way for the octopus to sense the entire shape with its tenticles

[@zenlizard1850]

I like the way that, around 1:40, the octopus goes all Kilroy on the cone.

[@Star_Scoot]

Her: "You're not like other guys" The other guys:

[@andrewbesso4257]

"Hmmm... They see to know about shapes and colors. Maybe those things are smarter than I thought."

[@macforme]

Is that Rudy? 🐙: Well, what ever it is..it feels a lot better than that hairbrush, I tell you that much.

[@joannashaw4668]

2.30, he makes a shape like the cone. Fascinating.

[@americanjedi5952]

Can't tell if he's hugging it or trying to pick it up and toss it out of his tank.

[@purplealice]

It doesn't do anything at all, even when I hug it as tight as I can. It doesn't move. BO-RING!"

[@fairiedragon999]

It appears to be wary of the cone. Possibly due to the bright colors, a universal sign of something venomous.

[@nachannachle2706]

Good point...if s/he can "see" colors.

[@1337fraggzb00N]

"Me build road. Now." - Octopus

[@icebergmays]

Meanwhile, the shrimp is like.. Keep focusing on that cone plz.

[@julie6092]

He most certainly approached with caution.... 😏

[@Wildstar40]

He was at odds for a few moments. He did not know if you were going to do some sort of construction there or what.

[@benmiller5015]

Fines are doubled in a workzone lol

[@PheonixArizen]

If you recall, in a past video they did a reaction to colors and orange was scary color to them. Notice how he interacts more with the white part than the orange.

[@RaivoltG]

First time ever someone hugged a construction cone!

[@catfishcave379]

Do they see in color? It would be interesting to see a cone that is rock colored rather than fish or invertebrate colored. Also, do they not over-eat like many fish? All those treats in the tank were ignored.

[@itol2201]

It's a little weird. They can't "see" color, but they can detect it. I'm not sure how that works.

[@cormacb2326]

@@itol2201 Its because of the shape of their pupils, some wavelengths of light are refracted more then others, and the Octopus can move its lens forwards and its Retina backwards to make the difference in light refraction more extreme, but as a downside this makes their vision blurry.

[@aidanmcferris3004]

That at 1:45, what was THAT! It was like the octopus version of a little kid, laying down on their stomach and regarding something with their fists under their chin! LOL

[@kforest2745]

It seems to love positioning itself lol

[@annehaight9963]

Octopus: NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE HUG NEW FREN.

[@AmandaBooBerry]

It was like a courtship!

[@nannettemueller5672]

Very interesting. I thought that perhaps the cone was weighted down? The Octopus seemed to me to try and knock it over. Anyway, what would happen if the cone was a different color? Was it a blue light that the octupus liked in the past? What if the same colors orange, white, orange were on a different shape?

[@eveee_0]

The small fish looks like want to eat that octopus tentacle

[@lindag7038]

So very much enjoy these videos. Thank you. Blessings 💫

[@LittleKitty22]

Octo is in love with that traffic cone - he's hugging it!

[@LancetFencing]

I bet by octopuses standard that poor thing is clinically insane considering the poor thing kept running into th mirrored wall and the reflection of itself.

[@petrawatzlawik-li9697]

I was thinking the same thing. Are they always kept in those small tanks??

[@jannikheidemann3805]

Looks like he was just scratching his gills at the end there.

[@NataliePhD]

This is a great video, very interesting! Thank you for your work! Regards, Natalie

[@melpixie5480]

I wonder if the cone had that "new plastic" smell. Need an experiment with an old/used cone and with a new cone.

[@wordreet]

Awesome! I love reaction vids! And I love Octo!

[@zdenshadowdragonbyzideodi8819]

Good. I love Tragic cones too.

[@K.Spade7902]

They made a new friend.

[@WaveOfDestiny]

It's a cone. ... ... ... Am i supposed to eat it?

[@rhondahuggins9542]

Did somebody need a hug?💙😎

[@benmiller5015]

That cone definitely looked like it needed cheered up

[@dj-kq4fz]

That's got to be a tiny traffic cone! Aren't these guys pretty small to begin with? By the way, thanks Octolab, I love your videos! Dave J

[@BeelySalasBlair-uy5wn]

Definitely fun to gauge the size, weight, etc lol

[@damedesuka77]

How does sound travel under water? I'm curious to see how he reacts to things that makes sounds or vibrations. A remote-controlled toy boat or submarine? A music player placed inside a zip bag?

[@theresaprice310]

“Stop putting junk in my crib “

[@SweetUniverse]

4:00 "Tonight, my love - just we two ...."

[@SweetUniverse]

1:45 visual appreciation of new bff, "Coney"

[@Mastergoatyt2410]

Who stole my traffic cone

[@knockednumbi]

I watched this for school

[@curtstan2389]

How about trying a long term project - teach them how to use a cell phone to play a game and call another octopus!

[@foreverandever9895]

MY CONE

[@pr2747]

1:11 spreaaaaads and 1:41 flaaaaaaattens

[@ben-2368]

3:05 awwwww!

[@nicholashamilton1898]

The cephalopod is unsure about the traffic cone, it's bright colors of orange make it think it's being threatened, in some way, I guess the cephalopod is not a fan of Orange.

[@susannorthrop2891]

Interesting

[@enriquegmez9252]

Wonderful

[@BobT36]

Octolab, care to comment and explain their behaviour? Some of it is obvious of course, but it would be interesting to hear an Octopus expert's perspective of certain movements etc. I presume it was scoping out the cone first, before moving in to explore. Wonder what they're thinking.

[@GenderWoman666]

:O Ta ośmiornica na końcu skonfundowana podrapała się po głowie!!!! :O!

[@melissasalasblair5273]

1:16 is terrifying 🍏😶‍🌫😂📗 (6.6-10) 3:56 lol

[@purplealice]

It took her a while to realize there was something new in her space.

[@Jen39x]

I love these interesting creatures now but they used to remind me of spiders and I would rather run the other way than look at a spider. When I found they could learn a maze it really made them well amazing!!

[@benmiller5015]

Oh come on spiders are adorable

[@mortuaryartist]

What a beautiful creature

[@ThePrufessa]

My back tattoo will either be an octopus or owl. Owl was first choice then after watching this channel octopus got some strong consideration.

[@benmiller5015]

@@ThePrufessa definitely go with the octopus

[@ThePrufessa]

@@benmiller5015 you gotta give me your reason why. Because the owl that I want is pretty badass. I don't even have an octo pic yet.

[@benmiller5015]

@@ThePrufessa cuz octopus lol. Actually I don't have a good enough reason to sway you either way. I just think octopuses are cooler than owls lol. But if you don't mind having a chat about your future tattoo I wouldn't mind hearing about what significance either the owl or octopus has n what it's representing for you. I assume it's going to be a large detailed piece n a commitment like that must have some sort of meaning for you to dedicate yourself to such a long n expensive tattoo. Also if it's possible I wouldn't mind seeing the owl you've already picked out

[@ThePrufessa]

@@benmiller5015 i wanted a bird of prey and I think an owl swooping down is the best looking for that. And I also wanted an animal that dominates its domain. I prefer the look of the owl over the Eagle. Octopus because of their intelligence. My name is Albert and I already have Einstein just below my neck. So either one i get will end up being named Einstein. I'll have my current tattoo incorporated in the design.

[@existentialerasure]

Is there a chance you could put a set of bag pipes in the tank? I'm asking for a friend.

[@debbieakyurek5275]

The fish and shrimp in the tank are for octopus to eat I’m guessing?

[@behzadshintos3715]

I m just wondering why this Octopus doesn't change it's color?! Normally Octopus are famous for color changing.🤔🧐🐙🦑

[@niclapy]

I’m here for my fat little shrimp tank mates.

[@dianalanier7891]

I thought he might flip it over and find a nice hidey hole waiting for him, but no.

[@TrueBagPipeRock]

looked afraid of it at first.

[@nachannachle2706]

I love how s/he spends at least 1 min trying to look the cone up. Ego..much? Edit: Then, 2 mins 20 seconds later s/he is all like: "I'll stick to you. You're safe." >_

[@hiworldman2299]

I love there head sack

[@CJ-bu8mh]

Excellent choice of music!

[@Pacmania100]

Octopus Reacts to VLC Player...

[@womanofsubstance8735]

Does the octopus watch you add the various enrichments to its tank, or do you "enrich" the tank before putting the octopus in?

[@user-ld7te7yv5w]

The music makes it look like he's trying to seduce the cone

[@u.e.u.e.]

You should have placed the cone sideways. I guess the octopus would hide himself inside the cone.

[@kbowler9266]

I thought the octopus was going to tip it up and go inside of the cone.

[@MikeOchtman]

What's with sticking an arm into its gills near the end? Scratching an itch perhaps, like we would a finger in the ear?

[@LancetFencing]

Not even a piece of Corel in his tank 😞

[@cormacb2326]

This is probably just the tank they move him into for experiments.