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Watch a Patient Diver Negotiate With a Picky Octopus to Trade Its Plastic Cup for a Proper Home

Twenty metres beneath the surface of the Lembeh Strait, off the coast of Indonesia, a small creature was making a decision it did not know could cost it its life. It had found shelter, of a sort. Something smooth and transparent that fits its body. Something that, from its tiny point of view, probably felt…

April 16, 2026
How a Musician Taught an Octopus to Play Piano in Six Months

Something strange happened in a Swedish apartment six months ago. A musician decided on a fish market that would challenge everything we think we know about intelligence, music, and connection. He walked past rows of seafood on ice, stopped at one particular tank, and chose to save a life instead of season dinner. What came…

December 5, 2025

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