In today’s video, we’ll watch Albert, our octopus, explore a box of mirrors. This was requested by one of our wonderful viewers.
The Request I’d like to see how an octopus would react if he was placed in a room with many mirrors surrounding him.
The Setup One way to set this up would be to place small mirrors all around the aquarium.
Hypothesis I believe the octopus will try to hide from all the other octopi.
Instead of putting our octopus in a tank surrounded by mirrors, we chose to place a mirrored box inside a big tank. This gives the octopus a chance to explore the box on his own will and helps avoid any unnecessary stress.
Just like many of you, we expected a completely different outcome in this one. We thought a quick glance would be the extent of his exploration but he surprisingly entered the box of mirrors 3 times without much hesitation. The final time he entered the box, he stayed in there for a little over 30 minutes. He even felt comfortable enough to take a quick nap!
Thank you all for your unique ideas. We’ll do our best to get to all of them!
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