Octopus is known for its ability to develop clever solutions, cause trouble, and escape undetected. It also provides the sense of having a colourful interior existence. This provokes the question: what is it like to be an octopus?

Researchers try to figure out what it’s like to be an octopus from the inside. This is from the point of view of a human. What it would be like to float in the cold bluish saline water on the ocean floor?

It’s possible that the water is gently pulling you this way and that, and that all eight of your arms are gently swaying around you.

What is an invertebrate?

A type of animal that doesn’t have a backbone that runs along the length of its body.

Curious facts about Octopuses!

• Research suggests octopuses are resourceful animals that are good at finding solutions to problems.
• In addition, they have a high level of intelligence and are able to pick up new skills and understand where they are in relation to their surroundings.
• There is also a growing body of evidence suggesting that octopuses are, at the very least, aware.
• So, people who work with octopuses have described the feeling that there is something looking back at them when they stare at an octopus.
• The octopus is an invertebrate, which means that it does not have a skeleton. It has neither feet nor toes that can move.
• The octopus generates movement by combining muscular contraction with the resistance of water.
• The limbs of an octopus are covered in suckers. It is equipped with a sensor for taste.

What’s it like to be an Octopus?

• Researchers believe that the minds of octopuses may have something to teach us about ourselves.
• They may also teach us more about the octopuses’ awareness, which is important for their own health and well-being.
• Moreover, it’s good to think about what it’s like to be an octopus because it makes us think about what it’s like to be a person.
• We might be more willing to talk about what it’s like to be an octopus if we think about how little we know about what it’s like to be a human.

Watch a video

Check out this educational video from Nat Geo Wild on Octopuses.

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