Nothing About Octopuses Is Simple

Chapters

1. 00:00Colour-blind camouflage
2. 00:19Three questions
3. 00:41How the skin works
4. 01:00Texture as well as colour
5. 01:20Driven by nerves
6. 01:43The cost of the display
7. 02:04One receptor type
8. 02:23Well established
9. 02:39Who is it fooling
10. 02:57Colour from blur
11. 03:34Elegant and unproven
12. 03:52Light-sensing skin
13. 04:13Two thirds in the arms
14. 04:31The arm solves it
15. 04:51Built from other parts
16. 05:13Where is the octopus
17. 05:47Carrying the shell
18. 06:10The mimic
19. 06:29Rewriting the message
20. 06:47The trade
21. 07:07What it buys them
22. 07:24One or two years
23. 07:39A switch, thrown deliberately
24. 07:59Tunable, not fixed
25. 08:17Nothing gets taught
26. 08:37Everything, alone
27. 08:54A separate experiment
28. 09:16Intelligence, twice

About this video

Discover the incredible world of octopus camouflage and how these creatures achieve their color-blind disguise. Learn about the unique mechanisms in their skin and the evolutionary advantages of their complex display systems. Uncover the mysteries that still puzzle scientists today. Chapters: 00:00 Colour-blind camouflage 00:18 Three questions 00:41 How the skin works 01:00 Texture as well as colour 01:20 Driven by nerves 01:43 The cost of the display 02:04 One receptor type 02:23 Well established 02:40 Who is it fooling 02:58 Colour from blur 03:35 Elegant and unproven 03:53 Light-sensing skin 04:14 Two thirds in the arms 04:32 The arm solves it 04:52 Built from other parts 05:15 Where is the octopus 05:48 Carrying the shell 06:12 The mimic 06:31 Rewriting the message 06:49 The trade 07:09 What it buys them 07:27 One or two years 07:41 A switch, thrown deliberately 08:02 Tunable, not fixed 08:20 Nothing gets taught 08:40 Everything, alone 08:57 A separate experiment 09:19 Intelligence, twice

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