InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world to Videos@lemmy.world · 1 month agoI taught an octopus piano (It took 6 months)www.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up170arrow-down12
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minus-squarePineRune@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·1 month 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-up16·1 month 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-up15·1 month agoTakes years to learn the piano, Taco shows promise at 6mo.
minus-squareinconel@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 month 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-up5·1 month agoTrue, but it will be a life truly lived.
minus-squareAgent641@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 month agoThat’s also what human musicians do, in a roundabout way
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.
That’s also what human musicians do, in a roundabout way