Inner Space Seminar: Aliens of the Deep – A scientific look at the octopus

Part of our “Inner Space Seminar” series at Hart House.
Intelligence to rival humans
Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021 at 7:00 pm

It’s a shape shifter with 3 hearts, 9 brains, massively strong arms that grip like a vice. It has no skeleton, but a soft elastic body, and the supernatural power of invisibility. It is a powerful, extraordinarily intelligent, complex predator, that sees with its skin, moves with the grace of a ballet dancer, is a master of disguise, and the star of many a sci-fi horror film!

Check out these videos

Aliens of the Deep Sea – 43 min
tinyURL.com/hhucAlien

The insane biology of the octopus – 22 min
tinyURL.com/hhucAlien2

My Octopus Teacher – This beautiful film is on Netflix if you have access
https://www.netflix.com/watch/81045007

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