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progressoid

(50,000 posts) Fri Apr 10, 2015, 04:31 PM Apr 2015

This Octopus Was Trained to Take Pictures of Aquarium Visitors

Octopuses are known to be very intelligent creatures, but one octopus over in New Zealand has one upped its peers by becoming the world’s first octopus to be trained as a photographer.

Sony recently partnered with an the SEA LIFE Aquarium in Auckland for a project called “The Octographer.” Working with an animal trainer, the team trained an octopus named Rambo to take pictures of visitors from inside her tank.

Here’s a video showing Rambo’s skills as a photographer:

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This Octopus Was Trained to Take Pictures of Aquarium Visitors (Original Post) progressoid Apr 2015 OP

Proof that cephalopods are more intelligent than the average Republican. hobbit709 Apr 2015 #1

hobbit709

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1. Proof that cephalopods are more intelligent than the average Republican.

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Fri Apr 10, 2015, 04:43 PM

Apr 2015

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