Animal Acrobats: Cyanea Octopus | National Geographic

hundreds of years ago sailors thought

hundreds of years ago sailors thought octopi were sea monsters called devil

octopi were sea monsters called devil

octopi were sea monsters called devil fish capable of tracking down ships we

fish capable of tracking down ships we

fish capable of tracking down ships we know they’re not devil fish but we still

know they’re not devil fish but we still

know they’re not devil fish but we still don’t know everything about them

don’t know everything about them

don’t know everything about them including where they’ll turn out next

including where they’ll turn out next

including where they’ll turn out next we’ve created a Plexiglas Wonderland

we’ve created a Plexiglas Wonderland

we’ve created a Plexiglas Wonderland just so you can observe how amazing this

just so you can observe how amazing this

just so you can observe how amazing this creature really is the octopus imagine

creature really is the octopus imagine

creature really is the octopus imagine that you’re an octopus like this cyanea

that you’re an octopus like this cyanea

that you’re an octopus like this cyanea here your body has no bones none and

here your body has no bones none and

here your body has no bones none and what that means is that you’d be able to

what that means is that you’d be able to

what that means is that you’d be able to go almost anywhere you want to even if

go almost anywhere you want to even if

go almost anywhere you want to even if you happen to be a very large octopus

you happen to be a very large octopus

you happen to be a very large octopus six hundred pounder say you’d be able to

six hundred pounder say you’d be able to

six hundred pounder say you’d be able to squeeze yourself down so far you could

squeeze yourself down so far you could

squeeze yourself down so far you could pass through a passageway no larger than

pass through a passageway no larger than

pass through a passageway no larger than a quarter

a quarter

a quarter since you don’t have air bladders or gas

since you don’t have air bladders or gas

since you don’t have air bladders or gas pockets that would crush or implode at

pockets that would crush or implode at

pockets that would crush or implode at great depths you can live at the very

great depths you can live at the very

great depths you can live at the very very bottom of the ocean where there’s

very bottom of the ocean where there’s

very bottom of the ocean where there’s 15,000 pounds of pressure per square

15,000 pounds of pressure per square

15,000 pounds of pressure per square inch a human being exposed to that kind

inch a human being exposed to that kind

inch a human being exposed to that kind of pressure would implode in a split

of pressure would implode in a split

of pressure would implode in a split second can you imagine how much fun it

second can you imagine how much fun it

second can you imagine how much fun it would be to be an octopus you could go

would be to be an octopus you could go

would be to be an octopus you could go anywhere you want slide under a door get

anywhere you want slide under a door get

anywhere you want slide under a door get into any room you’d have a body unlike

into any room you’d have a body unlike

into any room you’d have a body unlike any other on earth you get hungry you

any other on earth you get hungry you

any other on earth you get hungry you could use one of your 240 suction cups

could use one of your 240 suction cups

could use one of your 240 suction cups to grab a meal no matter how many yoga

to grab a meal no matter how many yoga

to grab a meal no matter how many yoga classes a human takes he’ll never be

classes a human takes he’ll never be

classes a human takes he’ll never be this flexible