and discovered that the octopus is even weirder than it looks. A special thanks to NOAA and professor of marine biology at the Alaska Pacific University, David Scheel, for the amazing footage they ...

The active camouflage displayed by octopuses is unrivaled, but we don't have a clear idea of what it costs the octopus to change its color and, in some cases, texture.

Octopuses have a large nervous system, with the average octopus having about 500 million neurons or brain cells. That puts it in the same “brain range” as smaller mammals such as dogs.