How do octopuses blend in with their surroundings?

Moment of Um

American Public Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.4 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2024

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Octopuses are incredible and intelligent ocean creatures. They’ve got talented tentacles, three hearts, and can become almost invisible to predators and prey by blending in with their surroundings. But how does an octopus do that? We asked squid biologist and science communicator Sarah McAnulty to help us find the answer.

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0:00.0	From the brains behind brands on, this is Moment of Uum.
0:03.0	Moment of Uum.
0:05.0	Moment of Uum comes to you from APM Studios.
0:11.0	I'm Sandin Totten. Master of disguise.
0:17.0	There's a long list of things that I'm super good at.
0:23.0	Gardening, giving dogs nicknames, eating cookies,
0:26.4	being super handsome and funny, blah blah blah.
0:29.6	The list goes on and on.
0:31.9	But one thing you might not know about me is that I'm really good
0:35.1	at hiding in plain sight. Yeah I have a whole room full of costumes in Brainson
0:40.6	Headquarters. I've disguised myself as everything from a Rosebush to a rug to a recliner.
0:47.0	I've hoodwinked all of my Brands On buddies at least once, but there's still so much to learn from nature. So many animals have
0:56.9	incredible disguises called camouflage that helps them look like their
1:01.1	surroundings. This lets them practically disappear from sight.
1:05.1	Oh, so cool.
1:06.7	And one of the coolest camo critters out there
1:10.0	is the octopus.
1:12.8	I've been trying to learn their secrets for ages.
1:16.1	I'm not the only one.
1:17.6	Henry was curious too.
1:19.5	How do octopuses blend in with their environment.
1:28.6	Octopuses are a type of animal that fall within a group called Cephalopods. My name is Sarah Mackinaldi. I am a science
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