InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world to Videos@lemmy.world · 2 days agoI taught an octopus piano (It took 6 months)www.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up170arrow-down12
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minus-squarePineRune@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·2 days 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-squareAgent641@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 day agoThat’s also what human musicians do, in a roundabout way
minus-squareDrusas@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up16·2 days 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-up15·2 days agoTakes years to learn the piano, Taco shows promise at 6mo.
minus-squareinconel@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 days 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-up5·2 days 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.
That’s also what human musicians do, in a roundabout way
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.