Studying the Creativity and Intelligence of the Octopus | CBS Sunday Morning

CBS News Correspondent Chip Reid traveled to the MBL last summer to interview Roger Hanlon, senior scientist, and Bret Grasse, manager of cephalopod operations, for this CBS Sunday Morning segment. The show re-aired on Aug. 30; watch the clip here!

Photo: Now you see him, now you don't: An octopus camouflages itself in the blink of an eye. Credit: Roger Hanlon

Source: The octopus is one of the most bizarre life forms on Earth – one of the smartest, most interesting, and most alien, with eight more brains than you have – CBS News