Octopus vs Underwater Maze

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[@MarkRober]

I, for one, welcome our Octopus overlords. Ask for the CrunchLabs Build Box for Christmas and then let’s build some cool stuff together. Get the Holiday special two FREE boxes at crunchlabs.com

[@carmin.e]

first

[@-v2i0]

Hi maerk

[@boahmali311]

oh

[@thestripedgoat7178]

Bet

[@liammurphy380]

First

[@3hobbitsinacoat]

It’s crazy to think that mark was kept as a pet by an octopus for a couple months

[@Slugg0]

LOL

[@octopusfanclub]

Facts!!!!

[@nategoodwin3329]

Underrated comment. 😆

[@FourMusketeers-co7lw]

OH I did not get that at first that’s so funny also if you got a cat you don’t have a cat the cat has you!!!

[@kbreacao]

🇰🇷🇧🇷

[@Kami892]

it’s crazy that a sack of fluid and matter is able to squeeze through a finger sized hole while also being smart enough to problem solve and remember people. what an incredible animal

[@davehoward22]

Basically what a human would be without the bone

[@davisperron4260]

It’s almost more impressive than a human tbh. The uniqueness is incredible

[@hyjjjkyikk3158]

@@davisperron4260 we are probably lucky that they don’t live that long if not we may get invaded

[@jonathanodude6660]

they have way more abilities due to having 8 fully mobile limbs rather than 4. their size and resulting weakness as well as their short lifespan is what holds them back.@@davehoward22

[@SnippetScript]

You do realize we are a sack of matter too

[@wolfofthepride]

I'm so impressed by everything. But honestly, Mark, with all you've witnessed, you clearly had an attachment to Sashimi. I know it had to be hard for you to let her go knowing what would come next. I'm in tears because you really took care of her. You made sure she knew what to do when she returns home, and you didn't break down. That's really admirable. Letting go of that attachment is really hard for anyone, mammal or mollusk. I am curious what she thought about you. Having three hearts, eight mini brains, and a central brain, I imagine she had some sort of emotion beyond curiosity. I'm sure she was sad too.

[@Aganie.]

Alright bro, relax

[@zachary5412]

It’s not that deep

[@procinct4257]

wolfofthepride I agree with you. After watching the video, I felt the same.

[@JH-no8sy]

It would be interesting to figure that out from a scientific standpoint. Don’t let random people on the internet that lack emotional intelligence make you self-conscious about such a thought.

[@wolfofthepride]

@@JH-no8sy Yeah, I was wavering with that. I gotta remember that my emotions are my own. I appreciate your input, friend.

[@CoCoTheInvestor]

So, I cried when you let Sashimi back in the water. The Obstacle course had me amazed. What an awesome creature.

[@outerspace488]

just to get caught by another hunter n put it back to the shop

[@type3__]

Mark is really putting every species to the test.

[@edacroblox]

Including humans lol 😂

[@Regular5365]

@@edacroblox wha...

[@Quackimaduck74]

Bro imagine human test

[@spaghettijuice.]

xdddddd (16 likes)

[@-KatesDragons-]

I bet he’s gonna do aliens soon

[@mlembrant]

this octopus will meet another octopus in the ocean and will go like "dude, you wouldn't believe the s*** i've been thru.."

[@BigNorseWolf]

Just like people abducted by aliens.

[@edt973nj]

or police @@BigNorseWolf

[@_nionnki_4699]

Зато сколько креветок за раз пощупал😂

[@user-wx6qs9zy9t]

5:33 that is so so SO true

[@Melly-eo8lr]

😂😂😂

[@danx_darker9020]

Mark with octopus:😊 Chef Rush with octopus:💀

[@classiclivespace]

NAWWWW

[@sarahboudreau1631]

This was definitely in my top 5 most satisfying videos I've ever watched on KZbin. I love all forms of life, with a preference for marine life. Octopuses are truly fascinating and beautiful creatures. Witnessing Sashimi learn so much and then return to its natural habitat was a real pleasure. He's so cute and bright, I hope many generations of little Sashimis will follow.

[@SaturnineSkies]

Hey Mark, if you want to complete the “Land, Sea, and Air” Trifecta, you should do Ravens/Crows next. I’m sure you know, but they’re also incredibly intelligent.

[@michaele1201]

Agreed, I posted similar before reading this. I was thinking our friend the Pig as well

[@floofyfoxy6258]

PARROTS@@michaele1201

[@krischi_mk]

Yess!

[@jungkwon5179]

haha yeah but maybe trained hawks would be cool

[@bread0237]

ducks the greatest animal

[@DiazKnutz]

If their lifespan wasn't so short, I swear they could take over

[@blacknwhitesalright]

Can *and should* take over

[@RocRizzo]

Judging from the decreasing attention span of humans, I believe that they will take over, if they can survive the global destruction that humans have made.

[@hordinaryplayers]

Had a discussion with my professor about this! We firmly believe that the things that really set octopi aside from being far more advanced than they could be is their shortened lifespan. If they could live longer and possessed intergenerational knowledge like our ancestors did then they'd be well on their way to turning into a species capable of stuff like language, culture, etc!

[@niccopipo777]

I wonder if medicinals could extend octopuses' lifespan as they do with humans'

[@veganconservative1109]

Suddenly War Of The Worlds takes on a darker side. Not Mars, but from the Seas!

[@selfretired3025]

Since memory is passed down, her offspring will remember your ingenuity and kindness. Well done, human. 👊❤️

[@dorianx2358]

No way all he will remember was being tortured and kept In captivity for months because he’s unaware about the world he’s being kept to and doesn’t think as a human .It will be the equivalent of us being abducted by aliens in an environment we never possibly imagined

[@alicjadrazkiewicz3383]

In what world are memories passed down?

[@selfretired3025]

@alicjadrazkiewicz3383 not ALL memories - as it's not a generic statement, but for those interested... consider innate behaviors, and how they might be formed and modified over generations. Hope that helps.

[@alicjadrazkiewicz3383]

@@selfretired3025 Thnx, I'll Google it

[@alicjadrazkiewicz3383]

@@selfretired3025 "The innate, or instinctual, behavioral strategies that populations of organisms employ to navigate their environments and fend for survival are shaped over epochs of evolutionary selection"

[@unfixablegop]

Evolution really made a brutal choice with octopus lifespan. But in that short life they do leave squirrels in the dust.

[@GrandPrixDecals]

As an animator once tasked with animating an octopus, I could tell their arms had independent intelligence. It’s the most difficult thing to animate bar none. Almost impossible to do it all 100% correct without cheats.

[@carsonhunt4642]

What’s the proof they have intelligence in the arms tho? Like what is the specific biological difference in their arms?? we have gray matter in our spines that also process and integrate (make decisions) without needing to go to our main brain. To me it just seems like standard sensory information from the peripheral nervous system being processed the same way we do our automatic responses.

[@brooklyn8745]

are you a doctor?@@carsonhunt4642

[@Maialeen]

@carsonhunt4642 So you're asking an animator about this? Like that's the profession that's gonna give you all of the info about this and make it correct.

[@Pihsrosnec]

​@@carsonhunt4642well for one it you chop it off it keeps doing things, there's even been cases of octopus arms continuing to hunt after being separated from the body, draging food into a mouth that isn't there

[@chrispaulalias4468]

Ok so a bit of background i am a 3D Modeler/Animator i was once given a project to sculpt and animate the character now the keypoint that the client needed was Realism so i had to make it lifelike 15 Hours........for 15 Hours i tried mimicking a creature that has no bones and basically works like a Sentient Alien Blob Of Goo . within those hours one of they key things i learnt is that octopus like the Cartoons or as an Animated character is much better and less time consuming than trying to understand an alien morphology and @carsonhunt4642 The proof is the literal fact that after getting an arm cut, the severed arm still manages to blend in and stay alive for almost an hour, this is not muscle spasms , its almost like an individual consciousness in short the severed tentacle is now sentient tho it cant feed itself (or anything in that matter) it will bide its time doing what a single copiousness with limited time would do Survive i dont think any other creatures in our planet other than squids and octopus have such an ability (i may be wrong , we know more about space than we do our own oceans 🤷‍♂)

[@bt8208]

It’s incredible how intuitively intelligent they are in such a short lifespan

[@maggiee639]

It’s incredibly interesting that so much brainpower is in a “prey animal.” I know they are predators too but they live their lives assuming something is gonna eat an arm.

[@Jezee213]

Thats so true, in 365ish days they learn all these amazing things.

[@anonymousapproximation8549]

​@@maggiee639Brainpower is a lot more useful for creature in the middle of the food web. Knowing when something is food or if it's death is very important, and requires a lot of intelligence to intuit.

[@rocketman5004]

Be glad they only live that short. if they had 50 years or more, they would have overtaken the planet already

[@bt8208]

@@rocketman5004 🧐

[@user-lg2zk3cg7l]

The part where she looks at you and twisted that thing with the ball is craaaaazy!!!!! 😮

[@ansrchyy]

this single-handedly made me love octopi

[@theseven-armedgod7381]

I really think Mark should make Sashimi the mascot for Crunch Labs, even if she's been released, I think she represents everything that Crunch wants to represent, clever thinking, playfulness, a bit of sass, and ingenuity! An octopus is the perfect creature for something like this, and she's adorable and deserves to be remembered fondly for years to come!

[@danalexander7131]

NPC comments

[@bunnio5451]

I hope we get a Crunch Labs merch of her like there is of Phat Gus

[@TheCatWitch63]

Totally agree. She should be raised to Phat Gus’ level at least

[@user-hg9ij8qj9b]

what about Phat Gus?

[@MrLimitedSanity]

That and multiple independent brains working and adapting together to achieve amazing results

[@cowl6867]

Honestly, her ability to think outside the box is commendable. Why take the chosen path when there's always another option

[@greenaum]

She's literally in a box.

[@jes928]

@greenaum And you obviously can't think outside the box.

[@karande75]

it was a joke @@jes928

[@drios9000]

and you missed the joke I think XD@@jes928

[@irbrn15]

​@@jes928you definitely can't think outside the box

[@lindaatteo409]

I’m obsessed over this channel. This guy shows the world how smart squirrels are and octopus 🐙 are, paving the way for hopefully a better future for them. The mental stimulation of a maze is brilliant.

[@PrincessGamer]

for real this is amazing and you helped her go back home, I love that you did that, and really really well done explanation to everything. One of most favorite ocean videos I have watched period :) I love the ocean and everything in it.

[@Mr.Pancake-7092]

Octopuses are absolutely insane. I swear if they lived longer they could probably get better at math than me.

[@franktothemax]

Octopuses*

[@zteir]

?@@franktothemax

[@RaptorFromWeegee]

So could my gerbil......Awhhhhho! Buuuuuurn!

[@noobatredstone3001]

@@zteirOctopuses is the more correct plural form than octopi

[@MrPremium183]

​@@franktothemax☝️🤓

[@user-jd5ig9xd3s]

I am Japanese. I watched your video for the first time. Honestly, I was moved by your video. Not only was it entertaining to watch the intelligence and dexterity of octopuses, but the ecology and evolutionary mechanisms of octopuses were explained in a very easy-to-understand manner, and the composition of the video was reminiscent of a TV documentary to keep you entertained. Also, personally, I'm very happy to see Japanese translations. This sentence was written using Google Translate, so I'm not sure if it's conveyed accurately, but I'd like to continue watching your wonderful videos. Thank you for a very enjoyable time!

[@fishyboi98]

こんにちは！現在、Google 翻訳を使用しています。あなたのコメントは非常に明確だったので、マークがそれを読んでくれることを願っていることを伝えたかったのです。動画クリエイターが時間をかけて自分の動画を誰でも理解できるようにするのは素晴らしいことです。

[@GVanArsdale]

Google Translate is amazing. Your response was impeccable, perfect English!

[@xv9151]

Why@@GVanArsdale

[@GVanArsdale]

​@@xv9151why what?

[@user-ou3np4pr3i]

わいも感動した

[@fgdj2000]

I think it's truly great that you're teaching science in such a fun way to kids and us adult kids 😊 Few is more important than spreading knowledge and building a literate and intelligent people.

[@biotecher]

Naming her sashimi is like naming your kid cannibal food

[@MooMooCow95]

While it's sad the octopus has such a short life span, I read in a book it's theorized the octopus experiences time differently than us due to the sheer amount of information they're processing basically all the time. I'd like to think in those really brief moments where they swim up and touch humans, it's like they're having days long conversations just from simple touch and taste and smell. And idk. Thinking about this just makes me reflect on how we can stretch out our perception of time just by noticing and appreciating all the things around us similar to the octopus.

[@krististewart2510]

This was a beautiful comment. Thank you. ❤

[@robjsmiles]

That's a nice perspective

[@FatboiReborn]

And then imagine that mukbang Asian woman eating them alive

[@jama211]

@@FatboiReborn You don't have to bring that energy here. Please don't.

[@syednemathmiya5480]

​@@FatboiReborngo to gym bro😊

[@shinyeevee5622]

This video actually made my appreciation for octopi go from "They're alright" to "Welp, new favorite animal."

[@chs75]

*Octopuses

[@mrtomithy]

@@chs75 eh either works

[@predictless1009]

@@chs75 *Oucktoupieseres

[@TTOTT0]

same

[@gilly_axolotl]

Same! And weirdly enough I thought the way she moved around was kinda adorable

[@vilottamamate5175]

12:50 she literally did warm up before going out 😂

[@BabyBearTv]

The way she went straight into the tank and emboyed squiward's energy for a sec!😂 I love her already

[@masterofbloopers]

The fact that Octopus tentacles basically have minds of their own makes Doc Ock's tentacles going rogue a lot more sensical.

[@nicklong2344]

Octopus have arms, not tentacles :)

[@retro_guyy1015]

​@@nicklong2344 tomato tomato

[@limeireland3849]

@@nicklong2344potato potato

[@TruthOverFacts1]

Omg I’ve never heard of that before. Can you also tell me about mitochondria?

[@KatherynneF]

@@nicklong2344they are tentacles

[@sofamiller7133]

Octopuses display their emotions with color. It’s great to see her go from pale to darkly colored in your early montage of introducing and getting to know her.

[@NelsenBrocks]

Octopi?

[@monkeyman1255]

​@@NelsenBrocksit's all correct. Octopuses, octopi, and octopods. It's not originally an English word so translation can be whichever one

[@pencilgoblin655]

@@NelsenBrocks both words are acceptable. People who make the octopi correction are overly pedantic.

[@GoldTwastaken]

And people who use words such as "Pedantic" are overly pretentious @@pencilgoblin655

[@mikgus]

Deep on the internet there is a great video with a male showing friendly colours on the side facing a female and aggressive colours on the other side.

[@TheJennifer55555]

Love this so much❤❤❤teaching the passion - you are a breathe of fresh air in education- thank you for being the light of this world

[@Vasanth_3]

i was amazed by the curiosity and knowledge of that octopus... Amazing!!!!!

[@an-insane-llama]

The tale this octopus will have to tell his friends is going to be unbelievable.

[@ie995]

her

[@doingisking8814]

There you go. The plot for another Pixar movie.

[@darionsimerly215]

Dudes gonna get eaten in 5 mins too comfortable and explorative

[@reece7807]

@@ie995😐😐😐😐😐

[@derrickmcadoo3804]

Octopus: 'Human's cool! What can I help teach you?' Humans: You pass through pvc, and we give you fish Octopus: ..

[@redmask1252]

How does Mark make an octopus’s anime arc so entertaining and emotional, I will never know

[@Monkey_Chattering]

one of the greatest characters I've seen in anime. 🤷‍♀️

[@Aethelia]

It's not anime though, octopuses are in real life.

[@redmask1252]

what

[@HUBz-_-]

*octopie

[@MrDLBIsPog]

zubin prfolie

[@itsfelipesanches]

it is just so amazing watching/learning these type of things in life!

[@procinct4257]

Mark, you've made some great accomplishments. I'm also impressed by you're CrunchLabs creation. Thank you for all the wonderful experiments you've shared with us. Best of health to you!

[@Tony-The-Motherfucking-Tiger]

It's sad how such a smart creature lives for so little time.

[@educostanzo]

I believe it's all relative in the end, she lives a full life, such as humans or sequoias, only the time scale is different, the same way the size scale is different.

[@ixchel777]

How long do they live?

[@user-nv9vn8fm1d]

Helps when we dont eat them.

[@purokujunior4720]

Imagine how experienced and smart will they if they could live for like 30 years...

[@mxracingunlimitedltd7784]

@@ixchel777 he said 1-2 years i think. females at least..

[@centlangidrik6312]

In a few years Mark will have a whole pet Olympics with octopi for water sports, squirrels for backyard sports, and birds for air sports 😂

[@TheDarkNerd]

But are the birds gonna be raptors or corvids? Both seem to have their own brand of intelligence.

[@user-kd9cx2xj1t]

Or some parrots could have a singing competition like AGT or something

[@Greatduck777]

@@TheDarkNerdcorvids would be the most interesting, if you were gonna do raptors, it would be hard to train them or have them do something similar to the squirrels and the octopus.

[@s.a.f.7191]

wait did he do crows??

[@levysrugo6861]

@@TheDarkNerd Why not both?

[@drethegiant6176]

This maze is nothing short of amazing and the octopus is beautiful. The fact that she outwitted parts of the maze rather than solving the puzzle made me realize these creatures a lot smarter than I thought.. and I know they’re geniuses

[@alishavanes2729]

I love this! Thank you so much for sharing and making this content.

[@peri3818]

This was so interesting! I was sad when you said their lifespan was less than two years. You deserve all the subscribers you have . As a senior citizen I found this fascinating. Can’t wait to see what animal you introduce us to next. This also helps people to have respect for other creatures in this world.

[@SvetielkoVTme]

My octopus teacher is a great movie if you want to see an octopus live in the wild

[@peri3818]

@@SvetielkoVTme , thank you. I remember hearing about that movie and now I will watch it.

[@noahhager1187]

depends on the species but yeah. Even the bigger ones only live 8-12 years

[@ishannage248]

i cried hard asf at the ending ngl@@peri3818

[@KefazX]

I love octopuses, and their short lifespan is heartbreaking. If their lifespans were longer, and they didn't live in solitude, they would probably have conquered the world.

[@user-eg6cs7lk8w]

「僕のペットの蛸、名前はサシミ」 この時点でもう笑いが止まらんかったw

[@_Neko...]

それな

[@Koharudaisuki]

飼った瞬間から食べる気満々で笑った

[@aimi369]

この日本語コメを探しにきました🐙

[@Tvinuyasha]

Translation: "This is my pet octopus Sashimi" I couldn't stop laughing lol

[@Tvinuyasha]

それなＷ

[@nvlwjofv]

this was beautiful!! thankyou so much for sharing

[@PacoOtis]

Excellent and certainly a thought provoker! Thanks for sharing and the best of luck!

[@blueberrygames6158]

(50 years later) Scientists: How could these octopuses be able to get through all our complex traps? Mark: No idea :|

[@Ueno69420]

octopi not octopusses

[@harrymash1531]

@@Ueno69420 they are both correct also octopodes i think

[@Jeff13R]

Cus octopus is smarter than the scientists? 😂

[@xiphos5740]

@@Ueno69420 it comes from Ancient Greek so octopodes or octopuses are correct, the Latin octopi is incorrect

[@birdbrain833]

@@xiphos5740 Technically, it is New Latin from Greek, and New Latin pluralizes like Latin, so all of the above are correct

[@hiropisku1078]

In ten years from now, we can thank Mark for giving us the Octopus Invasion as Sashimi's puzzle solving descendants attempt to colonize the surface world to find their adoptive ancestor and their next puzzle challenge.

[@seekingthelovethatgodmeans7648]

Poetically at least; practically Lamarckian inheritance doesn't work.

[@deliriousrebel]

Can’t wait

[@user-ov3nw2yk1y]

Этот комментарий выглядит как готовый сюжет для фильма фантастики! 😅))

[@PizzaTime-Studios54]

I'll keep that in mind.

[@user-nasanato]

혹성탈출: 문어의 진화

[@fred420]

Great video! It's crazy how smart they are especially when they only live for about 2 years..

[@juanm3290]

This is absolutely amazing, thanks for this video. ❤

[@4RILDIGITAL]

This is an amazing journey you've had with Sashimi! I am truly in awe of her intelligence and your dedication. You captured the essence of exploration and curiosity beautifully, and I am looking forward to more.

[@kbreacao]

🇰🇷🇧🇷

[@Carl...CRL...]

I wonder if Mark would be open to an evolution debate since he seems to really believe the evolution model.

[@bracholi]

@@Carl...CRL... I think we're still on the "first they ignore you" stage for that one. Same place as abiotic oil formation, despite that one literally being used by oilmen the world over... I guess people aren't ready to stop calling them "fossil fuels" yet.

[@blazethegame]

@@Carl...CRL...probably because there’s no debate to be had.

[@Jessev741]

​@@Carl...CRL...he's a scientist... there's no debate.

[@grandmarquee]

I love the way she sat there and thought a bit before completely nailing it and then her psyching herself up, amazing little thing.

[@emilybusby6922]

I wonder if there would be any difference in her success if everything in the tank were the same color- like, if all the buttons, balls, levers and loops were all the same color as the walls- just white. It would be neat to see if the color of those things plays any part in the speed or ability to determine whether they have a function. After all, to the human brain, those colors signify that those things might have a purpose, bc they stand out- but if they were all camouflaged the same color, we wouldn’t immediately zero in on them as something of interest.

[@budibausto]

this is mindblowing...from an experienced underwater fisherman. ty

[@Lengy1]

Mark: wants to put Sashimi back into the ocean Also Mark: Gives her 3lbs of shrimp

[@Carma281]

Delicioso

[@themanhimself3]

Gotta send her home with a full stomach.

[@mercuryinhaler547]

Got a problem with that?

[@fizz7710]

@@mercuryinhaler547 YEA HOW WOULD YOU LIKE IT IF I RELEASED YOU INTO INTO YOUR NATURAL HABITAT?

[@johnsmithe4656]

@@fizz7710 You mean if you took me out of my home and made me a permanent cast member of Naked & Afraid?

[@animeangela227]

Calling an octopus 'sashimi' is like calling a horse 'glue'

[@ShawnLower]

"This is my son Longpig"

[@pumpkinpie4823]

​@@ShawnLowerwtf 😂 what's THAT 😭

[@ameliainazawa1166]

Or calling a pig 'bacon'.

[@liamstanderjunk]

or calling a cow "burger"

[@ti9erlilly]

​@@pumpkinpie4823it is a slang term for human meat... 😅

[@jskript1894]

i do want to point out, just because she can complete an obstacle course, does not mean she can survive in the wild. unfortunately, whenever she was released she most likely died very quickly, especially being kept as a pet in a tank for over 6 months.

[@fu_-._.-_ji]

she may get caught again by human also 😢

[@NobleThinking]

I don't know if you've done one but I would like to see your tank cleaning method. Thank you for this very interesting and informative video

[@Black_Flag_Studios]

For anyone wondering, the kind of octopus mark had was a California two-spot octopus

[@magicpants145]

imagine if it was a Blue Ringed

[@NippyNep]

ImAgInE If@@magicpants145

[@humanezc]

I thought that it was a. Blue ringed octopus

[@adityagoyal3491]

​@@magicpants145why, what is so special about them, are they toxic?

[@lawnmowerman64]

​@@adityagoyal3491 They have tetrodotoxin in their venom, so yeah.

[@hospitalifter]

Never thought id be up at 6 am watching an octopus go through mazes

[@brianbradford3363]

4am for me 😂

[@elevat1on]

3.35 AM here lol

[@excited6017]

Hahaha

[@bl00dFairy]

ROFL literally my rn wthhh😂

[@LMG24]

Oh well 🤣

[@ashleylavinia]

Me and my kids really enjoyed this video today and have learnt more about the amazing octopus

[@TheInfectiousCadaver]

i love that it gave off that blue spot after completing the ball drop challenge. sort of its way of saying, "yeah did the rest of yall see that? cool huh?"

[@jocelyneragan2791]

After a couple weeks; return there, to the same spot you last held her. Sit in the water for a little bit, half hour or more. She might come back, she knows you quite well at this point. ☺️

[@sivaguru3387]

Mark being this consistent scares me

[@danalexander7131]

NPC comments

[@UDSans_YOUTUBE]

@@danalexander7131 you?

[@ElMigol_]

@@danalexander7131 said the guy with the most NPC like comment ever.

[@FukaiKokoro]

It's the holiday season so makes sense. This is content creators time to shine. They get more money per video.

[@SparkonRust]

Why can’t mfs just watch a video and agree it was dope

[@katherineuribe2952]

Cephalopods are highly intelligent and are excellent problem solvers! Added to their incredible dexterity and ability to compress their bodies, you just can't stopped them.💖🐙💖 Bless you for sending her home!

[@luchilovesyou9260]

Wow this mind-blowing your content is next level thank you for giving that octopus freedom

[@kanl4178]

「僕のペットのタコ！名前は刺し身！」 面白過ぎるって

[@gon939]

刺身にする気満々すぎやろ

[@michaeljones7447]

I did not expect to be crying at the end of this octopus obstacle course video.

[@UrbanDefenseSystems]

Get your test checked.

[@user-ye9bc7nw2c]

@@UrbanDefenseSystemslol

[@littledipper9702]

I feel it coming on and I'm 2 minutes in.

[@canyoupoop]

Y'all either too emotional or I don't have a heart.

[@swaggyjennny]

@@canyoupoopLMAO I WAS GONNA CRY JNTIL I SAW THIS COMMENT 😭😭

[@frederikulzhofer3406]

One of the best videos ive seen on this platform.

[@kaydee9461]

It feels so nostalgic to be watching this channel again

[@Irontrevgaming]

Thank you Mark for not putting the squirrels underwater❤

[@ray4237]

LMAO

[@ray4237]

they'd get air to eat

[@snackplaylove]

YET

[@Sliver_Of_Straw_Gaming]

LOL

[@spongemediawastaken]

SHHH! YOUR GIVING HIM IDEAS!

[@CingCasper]

Only Mark can make us watch an octopus do obstacle course for almost 20 mins and be sad when he released them!

[@andrewm6788]

what does this mean

[@ElusiveTy]

​@@andrewm6788It means exactly what they said...

[@WhiskeyToro]

Wow, your generation is very concerning.

[@Scriblyn]

Umm?? Wouldn't anyone be invested in an octopus?? Maybe this is just you boo...

[@Bry-Guy909]

@@WhiskeyToro you're literally on the same video

[@CanadianWookie]

I enjoyed watching the video. Not only was it educational, you are great to listen to. I'm not surprised you have this many views and subscribers. You and your team deserve it!

[@st.charlesstreet9876]

Thank You very much for educating me on this special being 😊 I would have never known all these interesting facts shown in your studies. Also, kudos to you for being very intelligent yourself by giving it its freedom in nature ❤

[@loolafly7967]

If you back to that tidepool and wade in like you did, she will know your there and will come and visit you. Divers discovered this by making friends with octopuses and every time they returned to that area of water the octopuses would show up to see them after a short amount of time so you can go and see her again 😊 This has to be one of the best videos on the whole of the internet ! I hope sushimi is ok out there in the wild !

[@SpydersByte]

he should definitely go back and swim with her

[@chriswestring1974]

If you haven't already, watch "My Octopus Teacher." Best nature documentary ever!

[@Sanwlaram-patel]

*You're

[@loolafly7967]

@@chriswestring1974Thank you for you’re recommendation. I’m going to go and search for it now. I find these creatures fascinating and hope people realise that it’s time to stop eating such a majestic, intelligent and emotional animal xxx

[@loolafly7967]

@@SpydersByteI agree, they remember people well and must be able to recognise a chemical when the person is In the water as the come out straight to them. They are way more intelligent that we know of and I think over time with more research’s we will find out a lot more incredible facts of this animal and what it’s truly capable off 🐙 ❤

[@yotzoman]

And the unfortunate thing about their short lifespan is that because of this, they can't transfer knowledge to their offspring, meaning each individual is starting with zero knowledge. Imagine octopi being able to teach their hatchlings optimal problem solving and each generation upgrading their knowledge base. Great video!

[@spinnetti]

Totally. If they lived as long as us and could pass that knowledge, they'd be the apex lifeform on this planet.

[@MrMonkey2150]

Maybe this is for the best 😂

[@KinCryos]

they're certainly able to learn from watching others, and given the discovery of 'octopus cities'…

[@blacky8987]

@@spinnetti not gonna like they could outclass humans if they could live longer

[@mrshmuga9]

Nature making sure octopuses aren’t OP, lol.

[@allysonazulay1302]

Stunningly beautiful creatures. The octopus facinates me!

[@eladrmic3569]

This is the best video I have ever watched, they're absolutely incredible.

[@fauzirahman3285]

It's wild that you can just buy an octopus from a pet shop there. Now I wonder if there's a legend being passed down by a line of octopus about their ancestor who's been made to do puzzles by this strange land dwelling creature and being rewarded by a motherlode.

[@TheFren]

I was also like "waut, you can just BUY an octopus in America?" which made me really love that Mark brought her back to the sea 💙

[@johnarguello]

Actual origin of Splatoon, maybe?

[@saltydinonuggies1841]

@@TheFrenyou can’t usually. They went to somewhere specific. A lot of states don’t even allow exotic pets at all because people don’t know how to care for them or care to learn

[@jeansimonlavoie]

No because at every generation all adults have died once the octopus is born or on the verge to and they have to learn everything on their own from scratch

[@arjunbaweja7755]

you could say that they thought they participated in a SQUIDGAME. HAH, okay I'll leave.

[@WillyFoxx]

This is like going back to science class, but 800% more fun 😎👌🏻

[@danalexander7131]

NPC comments

[@happydog_69]

npc

[@womp47]

maybe more fun but youre also learning 800% less

[@annemariemyburgh7252]

My sister shared this video on our WhatsApp family group today, ... and only now i could watch the whole video, WOW and THANK YOU FOR THE VIDEO

[@Stella0Tracy]

What a wonderful video! Thanks! Very interesting, fascinating and we'll told!❤

[@NotGooder]

I didn’t realize how underrated an octopus was until now. Thanks Mark

[@jonahbyrne8286]

Yeah, no, they’re scary amart. They are undeniably sentient

[@stormsurge6765]

Underrated? 🤦 Guess dolphins are the same for you too.

[@johnyt657]

aint no way bro said octopus is underrated

[@llewelynshingler2173]

We're looking at Chimp Levels of intellect.

[@thomsa45]

totally ! i would love to see more squirel and octopus now !

[@rebecca_stone]

I can't believe I didn't know how insanely cool the octopus is. This video was such a treat.

[@heroinfathr]

they are extremely intelligent

[@victor5485]

Look ‘my octopus teacher’, you will never eat octopus again

[@Li_Tobler]

@@victor5485 never wanted to try it because I found it kinda gross honestly, but now I won't just because of how sheerly awesome they are lol! 🐙❤

[@StupidBadITCH]

Pretty cool.. just wish we had a video with no cuts of her actually doing the puzzles. Every few seconds he’s cutting and showing a cutaway of some stuff I’m not interested in. He can explain that in the voice over

[@timcallahan9894]

You might check out the movie, "My Octopus Teacher". It is beautifully mind-blowing.

[@mauricioamaya3078]

Extraordinario..... Felicitaciones, quedé muy sorprendido, de la inteligencia de los pulpos. Saludos desde Chile.

[@deviritter5232]

Love it! Thanks for this interesting video!

[@Seed]

2 Mark uploads in a week.. It's a christmas miracle!

[@Tillythekitty]

Fr

[@K1LL3R428]

GG BOYZ

[@DAVISTHEDUDE_]

So this is my shoutout?

[@chromedoesstuff]

fr

[@SirThilliomAnimations]

Must be the closest uploads in a LONG while!

[@TribicalFonzo]

It’s actually so unfathomably incredible how amazing octopi are… like they’re unbelievably clever and have so many tactics like flexibility or camouflage!! These creatures should be protected at all costs, just like any…

[@LittleLion_90]

And they all just learn it by themselves. Because the mother dies before her offspring is born, there is no 'cultural' way of relaying information, which has been hugely important for us to get where we are. We even see it in some of the great apes who use tools to get something done and teach it to their group mates. Who can imagine what incredible things octopi could do if they were able to teach the next generation. If they ever figure out, they might easily outsmart us.

[@RandiBeeman]

I totally agree. I get so upset when I see them in restaurants or grocery stores.

[@microska2656]

The i plural rule doesn't apply to octopus, it gets treated with the es rule

[@Win7ermu7e]

@@microska2656 It's a loanword, either is acceptable.

[@WlatPziupp]

@@Win7ermu7e So is octopodes, which is my personal favorite. Especially when someone says "It's octopi, not octopuses" and I get to be a petty dingus slapping back with "Octopodes numbnuts, it's Greek not Latin!"

[@user-db5tw4px2u]

タコのことめっちゃ好きになったわ。そして終わり方が切ない

[@SenseistudioIndonesia]

school ❌ KZbin ✅

[@Tolay_129]

Both!!!!>:(

[@Tawnytango]

Both

[@camdenkleiner]

@@Tolay_129 no

[@camdenkleiner]

@@Tawnytango nah

[@nfaplayer4486]

@@Tolay_129why school😂 cus they told yall that

[@titolovely8237]

i love the octopus because it totally challenges what we think of as "intelligence". in scifi we always see fully fledged alien species that have language and fully developed senses of self, which mimics our own intelligence. but when you look at how smart octopi are, totally lacking anything we'd perceive as self aware or critical thinking skills, we really open the door as to what a truly "intelligent" alien species might look like.

[@My_pfp_beats_all_dog_breeds.]

Humans are probably the only intelligent species in the universe.

[@synocle671]

"blindsight" by peter watts covers this as a theme -- that you could have highly intelligent behaviour without requiring "sentience" or "self-awareness". it considers our (human) sentience an accident.

[@MoneyStrategiesSOULutions]

True!

[@MoneyStrategiesSOULutions]

​@@synocle671interesting

[@alleycaaat]

I went from wanting a pet octopus to learning so many cool facts about them, then to being sad they have such a short lifespan. I wasn't expecting that roller coaster. So glad you released her ❤

[@20128]

Great content, hard to find it these days!

[@madhuraashture8303]

Amazing experiment!

[@joshcuster2635]

I learned more in a 15 minute Mark Rober video than I did in 3 years of biology class in school 😂 it's incredible to see how adaptive yet humorous these creatures are

[@Slugg0]

Yep

[@devinerussellnewman-tr9ku]

So ture 😂

[@pipecleanermaster]

Octopi are shockingly intelligent. It’s ludicrous. Nature really did them dirty giving them such small lifetimes

[@overseerpjoe9477]

Honestly, it feels like the fact that they live relatively short lives compared to humans really stifles their growth in intelligence. If they lived longer, and were a bit less solitary, then they could easily rival humanity as the dominant species of the planet.

[@Fajowski50]

@@overseerpjoe9477what??😂😂 Sorry, but no. Given that octopi can only live out of water for 1 hour, it doesn’t matter how smart they get if they can never get to us. They’re limited by their small bodies, need for water, and short lifespan.

[@minepose98]

@@overseerpjoe9477 Harnessing fire is an incredibly important step that they can't really do underwater.

[@soundtravel1000]

@@Fajowski50 what??😂😂 Sorry, but no. Given that humans can only live in water for 10 minutes, it doesn’t matter how smart we get if we can never get to them. We’re limited by lack of natural weapons on need for air.

[@kakahass8845]

@@soundtravel1000We can built submarines they can't build topmarines.

[@Freestylngracechild]

they Can Survive Out of Water For Longer Than An Hour This Altogether is an Awesome teaching channel and Im Gonna Half to Check out those Build Box

[@randomthoughts9463]

BEST EVER, Mark. I love all types of seafood, but Octopus and Dolphin are completely off my list.

[@goldeagle8051]

Now she's going to be looking for a vault in the ocean the rest of her life.

[@derwynmdockenjr]

Hzhahahah

[@anastasiashilovskaya7477]

this is like the funniest comment ))

[@jordanalexander615]

The legendary vault of endless shrimp. It will become their ultimate goal .

[@nerdrage9739]

All the other octopuses will sing songs of the Golden Shrimp Vault.

[@anastasiashilovskaya7477]

The dawn of the new Era of the octopus quest for the Holy shrimp grail! The journey begins

[@Darren.Lindsay]

Absolutely loved the fact that she got to the end and didn't even try turning the door handle and just ripped it straight off. Absolute beast. 🐙🐙

[@yelenabaykova7419]

… and at that point, she was done with the games 😂

[@EEEEEEEE]

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[@pauliusgecas472]

that separation moment, almost shed a tear :(