InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world to Videos@lemmy.world · 21 hours agoI taught an octopus piano (It took 6 months)www.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up169arrow-down12 cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up167arrow-down1external-linkI taught an octopus piano (It took 6 months)www.youtube.comInternetCitizen2@lemmy.world to Videos@lemmy.world · 21 hours agomessage-square6fedilink cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
minus-squarePineRune@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·20 hours agoTLDR: the octopus didn’t actually learn how to play music, it just learned to pull the levers for different keys to get food.
minus-squareDrusas@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up11·17 hours agoBy the end, he was playing with it just for “fun” without the food motivation. Great, stimulating toy for a bored octopus.
minus-squareInternetCitizen2@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·20 hours agoTakes years to learn the piano, Taco shows promise at 6mo.
minus-squareinconel@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·15 hours agoTheir life expectancy is usually less than 2 years though. Does it worth for them to spend that long? We never know.
minus-squareInternetCitizen2@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 hours agoTrue, but it will be a life truly lived.
TLDR: the octopus didn’t actually learn how to play music, it just learned to pull the levers for different keys to get food.
By the end, he was playing with it just for “fun” without the food motivation. Great, stimulating toy for a bored octopus.
Takes years to learn the piano, Taco shows promise at 6mo.
Their life expectancy is usually less than 2 years though. Does it worth for them to spend that long? We never know.
True, but it will be a life truly lived.