I think Michael wanted to go into the light tunnel. When he couldn’t go in, he lost interest. We have a big light mirror clock at home, and I had the same reaction ;-)

@user-xb7dp4vu3r

3 жыл бұрын

Good one sir!

@lauradent5420

3 жыл бұрын

I agree...I've had the same reaction, as well. :)

There is a mind at work pondering and wondering. Octopus are such fascinating animals

@IslandGirlKelly

3 жыл бұрын

They are indeed Keith. I'm not sure why this video troubles me. It wasn't an experiment to challenge him but more of a tease. I'm sure that was not the intent but it's a bit disheartening.

@lemeow332

3 жыл бұрын

He seemed to call witchcraft painlessly enough and go about his day. If aliens tricked me with a hologram of a street and I inspected it/fell for it, some pizza and wine would help mull it over, or shrimp and wine in this case.

@mellocello

3 жыл бұрын

@@IslandGirlKelly I noticed that tinge of melancholy too, like reality has been challenged, but she seemed to take it in stride and had fun at the end. A moral for our times.

@hiworldman2299

3 жыл бұрын

You would be a good documentary narrator

To me, the "infinity mirror" concept is when you are between two mirrors that reflect each other (the mirrors are 180 opposite each other) How would an octopus react to that situation?

@conureron3792

3 жыл бұрын

This was what I was envisioning.

@david94549

3 жыл бұрын

Actually mad disappointed that this video wasn't that, it's what I clicked for

He grasped the concept of infinity and beyond, and ultimately, the true nature of the universe and existence itself, but we have no way to understand his explanations.

@generaljimmies3429

3 жыл бұрын

I usually need some pot do that XD

@Walking_Death

3 жыл бұрын

42

@jmarsh5485

3 жыл бұрын

We're too archaic; using maths pfft

Have they ever been given a toy replica octopus? It would interesting to see how one reacts to a realistic looking one and a really colorful one.

That is not an infinity mirror, it is an infinity light. A mirror would have been vastly more interesting.

@FactoryFarmedCorpPolicyRobots

3 жыл бұрын

i know right, seems nobody has even pointed this out but you so far. The guy doing this for views is obviously not particularly intelligent, hence his unimaginative 'octolab' scenarios where he generates a false sense of community by 'taking requests' lol

@dianironfeather7785

3 жыл бұрын

The request was for an infinity MIRROR. Apparently the octopus is smarter than the human creating the experiment.

@icysteve46

3 жыл бұрын

Bravo good catch. I still have time to edit my post.

Definitely confused by seeing a “hole” he couldn’t explore.

I was hoping for infinite tentacles.

@Frei_Raum

3 жыл бұрын

Me too :D

@mikepence1933

3 жыл бұрын

I've seen those vids

Awesome...he goes to the side to see if its in his tank at 1st then flanks it and notices thats its on the outside....but still amazed at the image of a whole.

I have a request. These videos are mostly challenges or reaction videos. How about giving the octopus a touch screen, touch pad or switches to control the environment? Instead of seeing the reaction of the Octo to coloured lights, how about letting him choose which light he likes, or change the temperature of the water or some other aspect of the environment like choice of music, or back ground image. Possibly have a touch pad with the image of 3 different favorite foods and let him pick what you introduce into the tank. Let's really see what is on an Octopus's mind!

I love how it "sneaks" upon the mirror ... hilarious. Great suggestion.

Wonderful choice of music, but I think "the jury is still out" on the octopus!

I really appreciate the calm, adventurous music on this video :)

@helgafalckenberg6635

3 жыл бұрын

Awful music this time!

I don't get the point....when I saw the title I thought it would be like two mirrors facing each other on two sides of the tank, so that the octopus would see itself REPEATED an infinite number of times. Please someone explain the point of this thing here!

WOW. that turned out to be pretty cruel. for an entity in captivity, a make believe infinite path represents more than someone who is not in that situation can comprehend.

@darthlaurel

Жыл бұрын

That's what I thought.

Best reaction yet. A wild sourced octopus is familiar with the infinity illusion; it's like looking into the deep of the sea. He was trying to go home... sob.

@user-xb7dp4vu3r

3 жыл бұрын

@Sparkle Plenty It's kind of sad

@cadror26

3 жыл бұрын

Just as much if he thinks it's an exit.

To infinity...and beyond!!! Michael probably thought he was going back to his home universe...

are you guys ever going to give this creature his freedom, if so, when do you think? I would like to think he has real life waiting for him.

When you have stared into the eyes of Yog Sogoth, infinity seems small by comparison.

This is so profound. It saw what looked like a hole going somewhere. But the invisible wall that it deals with every day was there. Mind blown.

I can watch these videos all day.

He was already used to infinity mirroring effects of the hellish glass tank itself. Lights\schmights... No path to freedom; no path to the tentacles of his impossible dream girl, Brenda.

Have you started work on the mobile, octopus-directed tank yet? If they can give one to a fish, you have to give one to these guys.

Octopus was like, "Oh look, finally, a tunnel out of this prison! Er, wait... maybe not... dammit..." Then he spends the rest of the experiment in a corner of the tank, withdrawn into a deep depression and plotting revenge on his depraved captors.....

I wonder if they'd react to movie footage of giant cephalopods pulling ships into the ocean? 20000 Leagues Under the Sea comes to mind.

He wanted to go into the labyrinth so badly, his arms stretched out in surrender... These animals are beautiful spirits

Do octopi understand when humans are near their tank? Can you train them to pull a lever when a human approaches, and have that human pull a lever to release a toy for the octopus? In short, can they be trained to say “hello”?

Octopus: " what am I suppose to do with this infinity light? "

"Finally? Is it the gate to the realms beyond?

Ya know an octopus deserves an Orchestra!!! Great music for an awesome octopus!💜🐙✌

"Those are my peeps!!!" Kinda made me sad...

I see this as a creature that knows it is imprisoned and that the light is a possible way to get out 😞

Very Smart! Goes to the edge of the tank to get a better angle and see how far it extends! Too cool!

This experiment made for beautiful footage, and that music!! So perfect!

Doesn't an octopus usually live in an environment that appears infinite all of the time, at least in two dimensions? Underwater, visibility is only limited by light and turbidity, yes? If you swim out from shallower water to where the continental shelf drops off, you might as well be floating in space.

Octopus : *LET ME IN!!*

what is the fabulous music!?

You might've given this octopus the worst headache ever lolololol

Infinity mirror + octopus: a new illuminati logo.

The music in your videos is so brilliantly chosen. It's as if if were custom orchestrated. Just discovered your channel, knowing absolutely nothing about this creature, but look forward to exploring.

great choice if music and beautiful cinematography! this majestic creature illuminated by the infinity mirror, awesome!

2:45 How beautiful!

At first Michael thought it was a hole, or a gap of some sort, outside of the tank. Apparently he is familiar with the concept of perspective

All it can see is a tunnel like in it's natural environment so, it checked it out and realised that it didn't go anywhere and thought "Ah dang, I thought I could escape!" Rats, Mice, Hamsters, Snakes, small Birds, Spiders... they're not pets like dogs, they just seem to constantly be thinking of ways to get out and back to nature, no matter how much effort we put into their enclosures... I had a Chilean Rose Hair Tarantula for a couple years, I thought she was outgrowing her tank so got her a bigger one. She was so desperate to get back to the smaller tank (I assume, just guessing because she was damn happy before I got the new tank) the side of the glass and fell off, split her abdomen and died. No more wild animals for me. Can't understand them, can't give them what they need like you can a domesticated animal like cats or dogs. They might hate their existence and you'd never ever even know...😕 Messed me up bad that spider. She used to come to the side of the small tank and clean her fangs, always when I was standing looking at her. She always faced me and stared at me like she knew I was there

The idea of visual "infinity" is easy. Just dive into clear ocean. You know that it goes forever, you won't reach it, and it's always there. He's no going to be bothered by it. Any more than we are at looking up at the night sky.

Do octopuses like music?

Didn't the movie "Arrival" feature Cephalopod aliens and the attempt to communicate with them and understand their "concepts" of time, space, etc. ? I don't know what the octopus' reaction to other forms of optical illusions ( paintings, photos, etc.) would be ? From other videos, octopi can recognize photos of predators and react accordingly as well as react to colored pieces of cloth, discriminate between different colored "cups" and know which one hides a snack... But, can't figure out the plexiglass barrier ... They are absolutely fascinating creatures !

What is the lifespan of an octopus?

You should make a octo tank on wheels and put the controls in the water and see if he can figure out to move around?

Octopus found Nirvana and will never be the same~

Come by our channel & check out our Halloween Part 2 with our flock. Your biggest fan, our cockatoo, whom is here daily, drew a Halloween picture (she’s learning art over on our channel) & she drew an octopus for y’all!!! Eight legs and all! Tbh probably the most difficult thing she’s drawn so far. But you know she loves your channel & her marine creatures. ❤️🐙🎃

I was waiting for the octopus to use her octopus brain to disappear into infinity.

Michael thought it was his way out. After he realized it wasnt, no need to be interested in it anymore.

I would like to see two large screen TVS at each end of the tank displaying different video images. On one of them start with an underwater video clip, OR live cam streamed from the ocean floor. Then use the second TV to broadcast other videos to see if you can lure him away from the first screen. Maybe you could determine what his favorite 'show' is.

I was waiting for Michael to generate infinite copies of himself 😄 It seemed that once he determined the new object was neither food, hole, apartment, nor toy, he disregarded it

@DaffneyDalilah

3 жыл бұрын

YES! Him generating infinite copies of himself sounds like it would be a great episode of “Rick and Morty”! 😂😂😂😂 🐙🐙🐙🐙🐙🐙🐙🐙🐙🐙🐙🐙🐙🐙🐙

He really tried to go down that tunnel.

What about octopus reacting to different textures?

It’ll be interesting if he can go in and disappear to the neverending tunnel with the music 🎶 running 😂

I wonder if they prefer warm hiding spaces or cooler ones.

The music is perfect!!

So sad. What do you think he can do ? When you know how highly intelligent they are, it’s just so sad to see his life reduce in an empty tank. The film My Octopus Teacher, puts in perspective our necessity to protect our oceans so they can multiply and be the wonders of Nature they are. They are not toys for entertainment.

@FactoryFarmedCorpPolicyRobots

3 жыл бұрын

your absolutely correct. as fascinating as they are, in this scenario they are merely reduced to entertainment for youtube views masquerading as some kind of benevolent science. wonder how many others feel this way after satisfying their initial curiousity with watching the octopus on this channel?

@eelsinkie1

3 жыл бұрын

Ppl see this as fun and cute but in reality its just torture. These are animals that think and feel.

@earthlingjohn

3 жыл бұрын

Octopus: enter MY realm, human, so that i may toy with *you*

We just know that octopus are very intelligent, brilliant. Now, we need to respect, care, pelotect them, and never more kill, never more explore them.

Wonder if he'd crawl over or around it were it to be placed on the bottom of the tank ?

HERE'S A REQUEST HAVE YOU TAUGHT THEM AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE TO SEE IF THEY SIGN BACK WITH THEIR TENTACLES AND SEE IF YOU CAN ILLICIT ACTIVE CONVERSATION WITH THEM ABOUT THEIR OWN PERSPECTIVE

@outboundflight4455

3 жыл бұрын

Like in Mandalorian!

@veneraberrens1719

3 жыл бұрын

@@outboundflight4455 I AM NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT BUT I WILL LOOK IT UP TY AND STAY SAFE HEALTHY

@veneraberrens1719

3 жыл бұрын

@@outboundflight4455 I JUST LOOKED IT UP SOUNDS INTERESTING TY

Love this

A ver cuando vienen sus primos de "La llegada" a rescatarlo. Que angustia de bicho.

Another great octo video. Have you ever given him a hand mirror to see if he looks at himself in it? I agree that Michael appears to be wanting to go into the shape made by the lights. He might have thought that was the way out of the tank!

@earthlingjohn

3 жыл бұрын

Yes ! We need to see what is the reaction to a hand-held mirror (arm-held mirror) or better yet...a mirror for each arm to hold !

You show me infinity while keeping me in a cage.

I think he just sees another octopus.

I wonder how differently he would respond if he could actually /feel/ that it was a cube?

I think the concept would have been better realized if you had put mirrors on opposite sides of the tank.

At first it seemed frightened but then it seemed like it wanted to go into the mirror. It made me sad to think the octopus might be lonely and want to be around other octopus. 😢😥😥🐙🐙🐙

IT WAS TRYING TO GET OUT THRU THE "OPENING" ,ITS JUST AS CONFUSING AS THE UNSEEABLE GLASS WALLS OF AQUARIUM PROBABLY

Music Sounds like Debussy's theme : prélude à l après midi d un faune

Equivalent to a human pondering a black hole.

Has he ever been in the ocean? That is a sort of infinity. Or was he raised in captivity?

wonderful mirror dance with blinded by the light

I'd be interest to see if they can solve a memory puzzle for food.

Beautiful

Everyone is an art critic... true for octopus? Will they linger over different art styles versus solid color panels differently? Or when the art is rearranged or swapped with different pieces in the same genre in different order will they still pick their own preferred style?

It looks like a way to escape!

could have just taken two mirrors and placed them on either side of the tank - inside the water.. same effect with clearer visual reflection. I think that the glass of the tank and external lighting isn't permitting the octopus' reflection... optics...

2020: a tank odyssey 🚀⬛⭕🌼👍🐙

I hope I didn't miss a video you did about this already but have you tried the related test using a "fun house" or "dressing room" mirror that shows infinite reflections of oneself? Since they tend to be "thicc" props, I'm not sure if you could place one in the aquarium but it would be interesting even if it were outside.

How stereoscopic is an octopus's vision?

Octopus looking for the wormhole to go home. 👾 Did Micheal create a "star" of light on his upper right(?) 2:16 copying 1 of the lightbulbs?

The BGM sounds like Disney's "Fantasia". >__

Does an octopus move its siphon from on side to the other?! I could have sworn the siphon moved.

Imagine being trapped in a box. Then you realize there is a gateway to the rest of the world, only to find out its an illusion.....

@user-xb7dp4vu3r

3 жыл бұрын

Sadness

@eelsinkie1

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-xb7dp4vu3r I know this made me feel horrible

I'd love to see a repeat of this, but with two mirrors to create an infinite hall of mirrors - and infinite octopuses. Or would that scare the octopus too much? (Also, I can't help wondering if those super-bright lights are bad for his eyes. A two-mirror infinity room wouldn't need all the LEDs.)

I believe if we, the human species were able to unlock more if our brain, we would be able to communicate with them telepathically

Which song is this? Could you give us the reference? It's marvelous!

Poor animals as smart as they are will never understand what glass is. It will always be an invisible barrier to anything that's not human. Even some humans get fooled by the stuff.

@ThePrufessa

3 жыл бұрын

@Sparkle Plenty it absolutely is trying to swim thru the glass. What do you mean that's not what's happening?. The only animals on the planet that recognize what glass is are humans.

@ThePrufessa

3 жыл бұрын

@Sparkle Plenty it sees a tunnel of light and is trying to swim through it but the glass is stopping him and he can't figure out why. What do you mean that's not what's happening?

@ThePrufessa

3 жыл бұрын

@Sparkle Plenty so how about you explain what's happening when he clearly is making attempt to swim down the tunnel of light since you know so much.

Clearly wants to escape back to ocean. Hey let me out of Skinners 📦.

IMO he wanted to swim into the tunnel

And you think this makes the octopus ponder the "concept of infinity"? Really?

RELEASE THE KRAKEN!

It would be cool to see how an octopus reacts to a stuffed animal in its tank! See if it reacts to the feeling/texture of it!

New to the channel and can't seem to stop watching. Uh, good thing I've got cancer and a ton of free time for now. Anyway, are most of these vids with the same species? Anyone have the classification? (binomial nomenclature) Thx

Make an octopus calculate pi to infinite places.