Happy Octopus Day

Celebrate the 10th annual World Octopus Day with this lovely behind-the-scenes National Aquarium video of AquaristKatie Webster and an intelligent Giant Pacific Octopus. How intelligent, you ask?

Octopuses are among the most intelligent species in the animal kingdom. In total, an octopus has 500 million neurons, located in both its brain and throughout its arms. In addition to grabbing onto prey and climbing rocky underwater structures, an octopus uses its suckers to taste and sense.

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