Octopuses

Mysteries of Science

Fun Kids

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.6 • 681 Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2024

⏱️ 24 minutes

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We're going under the sea and chatting to top tentacle geniuses in the form of Chris Packham and friends as we investigate the mystery of octopuses...

There's something incredibly unique about these eight-legged creatures that's got us suckered. Can Dan and Michael get to the bottom of it?

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Mysteries of Science.
0:06.0	My name's Dan and I'm the editor of the Week Junior Science Nature, which is the monthly magazine from the team behind the Week Junior.
0:14.0	And I'm Michael, the acting deputy editor.
0:16.0	On this podcast, we investigate weird events, strange creatures and mysterious places.
0:28.6	Today we're going to dive into the deep and go for a swim with one of the world's most mysterious animals, octopuses.
0:32.1	And we've got some amazing experts to come along with us.
0:36.9	Yes, we're joined by Aaron Spencer, Heather Browning and Chris Packham.
0:39.6	Fantastic. I can't wait. Let's dive in.
0:45.9	So, these eight armed masters of disguise have fascinated humans for years, but there is a lot we do not know about them. For example, why are they so good at camouflaging themselves?
0:51.2	And just how intelligent are they?
0:54.2	This is Mysteries of Science.
0:57.9	Fantastic. Michael, octopuses. I want to know how much you know about them first.
1:03.9	Well, Dan, you've come to the expert here. I'm a walking encyclopedia of octopus knowledge.
1:09.1	For example, did you know they have eight arms? Well, I'm certainly glad, Michael, that we've got some experts to join us this week to help us. Yeah, because obviously we need, I think we need to go a little bit further than that. I know one more fact. They are invertebrates, which means they are animals that don't have a backbone.
1:29.0	And something I've just remembered, they can camouflage themselves, can't they? They can change
1:33.2	colour. Do you just remember that from the intro about five seconds ago? Well done, Michael.
1:39.7	Memory game here, which is a sound. Exactly. But I think before we meet our experts, let's
1:46.9	encounter the very first mystery here. When we talk about more than one octopus, do we say
1:53.4	octopi, octopuses, or something else? Well, I always used to think it was octopi. But Dan, did you know octopi is wrong?
2:03.9	It's octopuses. Right. Okay, so we got sorted on that one. Octopuses, or I've heard also some
2:11.2	experts describe them as octopods, which I quite like. Octopods, that's sound cool. So let's meet
2:17.0	our first guest. Sure. My name is Aaron Spencer.
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