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Roger Hanlon Reviews “The Octopus Teacher” | How On Earth, KGNU

Published on November 30, 2020
Roger Hanlon Reviews "The Octopus Teacher" | How On Earth, KGNU
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By Jill Sjong

This week we review the hit movie “My Octopus Teacher,” the story about a man who goes diving in a kelp forest off the Western Cape of South Africa, and becomes acquainted with an octopus.   We review the movie with Roger Hanlon, a diving biologist, cephalopod expert and senior scientist at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA.   We discuss the octopus’ elaborate camouflage and complex behavior.  We’ll get some answers to our octopus questions:   Do they dream?   Do they play?   Use tools?   Are octopuses a second form of intelligent life on earth?

You can learn more about the South African sea forest at the Sea Change Project.  You can learn more about octopuses at Roger Hanlon’s research.

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Source: How On Earth | The KGNU Science Show

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