Can a robot octopus help a real octopus escape blacktip sharks?
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What it says on the tin This BBC video clip is from Spy in the Ocean, narrated by David Tennant. Thanks to hidden cameras and robotic “spy creatures,” the four-part nature series can explore animal intelligence up close.
Article: The mysterious inner life of the octopus
Both links to BBC
Article: The mysterious inner life of the octopus
Both links to BBC
I know videos like this are heavily edited to create a narrative that may or may not have actually occurred, but that is one awesome narrative.
posted by grumpybear69 at 7:45 AM on November 5, 2023 [3 favorites]
posted by grumpybear69 at 7:45 AM on November 5, 2023 [3 favorites]
Lovely Sunday octopus spy content! Clearly the spy octopus was modeled on my attempts to get into a pair of spanx for a wedding.
posted by winesong at 8:07 AM on November 5, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by winesong at 8:07 AM on November 5, 2023 [2 favorites]
how did the robot octopus know the coconut shell would fit the bamboo
posted by glonous keming at 9:40 AM on November 5, 2023
posted by glonous keming at 9:40 AM on November 5, 2023
Can a robot octopus help a real octopus escape blacktip sharks?
the answer is YES, the real question is how long before they FALL IN LOVE
posted by oulipian at 10:35 AM on November 5, 2023 [3 favorites]
the answer is YES, the real question is how long before they FALL IN LOVE
posted by oulipian at 10:35 AM on November 5, 2023 [3 favorites]
how did the robot octopus know the coconut shell would fit the bamboo
And why is the octopus getting in to the convenient thing of bamboo just the film of it getting in, but run backwards?
posted by slater at 12:06 PM on November 5, 2023 [1 favorite]
And why is the octopus getting in to the convenient thing of bamboo just the film of it getting in, but run backwards?
posted by slater at 12:06 PM on November 5, 2023 [1 favorite]
Now I feel like we have an obligation to help all octopuses everywhere from now on.
posted by chronkite at 1:05 PM on November 5, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by chronkite at 1:05 PM on November 5, 2023 [2 favorites]
This leads to us making robotic blacktip sharks to help them catch octopus and the next thing you know we're all bowing to our new cyborg ocean masters.
posted by Joey Michaels at 1:37 PM on November 5, 2023 [3 favorites]
posted by Joey Michaels at 1:37 PM on November 5, 2023 [3 favorites]
Robot octopus and blacktip reef shark: they fight wage theft!
posted by away for regrooving at 1:35 AM on November 6, 2023
posted by away for regrooving at 1:35 AM on November 6, 2023
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