Why Octopuses Haven't Taken Over The World... Yet.

✅ Support our channel by getting Fishing Clash on your iOS/Android device for free https://fishingclash.link/AuralisDocs ! Use my gift code AURALIS to get a $20 reward, and share your biggest catch in the pinned comment! Join Fishing Clash community to stay tuned about the latest news:   / fishingclash_official     / fishingclashcommunity   Join Patreon to help us produce our real, human documentaries created without AI:   / auralisfilms   _______________________ Narrated by the fantastic Steve Taylor, a real voice you may find familiar! And with Leo Richards from‪ ‪@NaturalWorldFacts‬ as a co-producer, working to make these episodes beautiful, yet deeply scientific. Discover how the octopus evolved one of the most extraordinary minds on Earth, from a brain spread across its body to problem solving, emotion, and awareness. Explore what its intelligence reveals about consciousness, evolution, and the many ways a mind can exist. 00:00 - The Alien Intelligence Beneath the Waves 01:23 - An Intelligence Born on a Different Path 09:07 - How an Octopus Thinks 17:44 - When Thinking Becomes Feeling 25:34 - Inside an Alien Mind 31:09 - Why Intelligence Isn’t Enough 37:08 - There Is More Than One Way to Be Intelligent We hope you enjoyed this episode with Steve Taylor as voiceover! We are now posting one episode every month. Steve, as you may know, is also the incredible voiceover of another science channel, Kurzgesagt. Relax, enjoy, and learn about the Deep Sea! In case you are interested in helping us TRANSLATE our videos into other languages, by scripting, voiceover acting, or subtitling, please reach out! The people in your country should be able to access these nature documentaries, too! Contact us: [email protected] _______________________ Auralis is co-founded by Oliver Gilpin and Leo Richards of ‪@NaturalWorldFacts‬ It was formerly branded Life & The Earth / Oceans, but changed in October 2025. The real humans, who produced this episode: Co-Producer & Advisor: Leo Richards Director of Pre-Production: Tyler Fleishman Director of Production: Matt Revello Video Editor: Juan Cano Animation: Matt Revello, Matías Fernández, Juan Cano Sound Designer: Franco Amato Thumbnail Artist: Tyler Fleishman Script Writer: Robert Vivian Researcher and Accuracy Reviewer: Upendra Dassanayake Graphic & Motion Designer: Thales Menezes Content strategist: Louix Gilpin Voiceover: Steve Taylor (the fantastic VO of Kurzgesagt) Production management by Matt Revello & Oliver Gilpin. Footage used in this documentary comes from paid stock libraries such as Artlist, Storyblocks, and Envato. Footage from Wikimedia Commons under CC licenses was also used. We want to thank NOAA for the beautiful footage featured throughout, as well as many other sources credited directly on screen. References: https://docs.google.com/document/d/19...