Octopus to his mate: 'you won't believe how intelligent they are. I trained it to move things and bring me food."

Lady: "I made friends with an octopus and named it Egbert." Egbert: "I made friends with a human hand and named it Darlene."

Egbert deciding to get rid of the fish just so he would be less annoyed made me laugh hard 😂😂😂

This octopus actually has more personality than some people

"haha, now I have this human on my side. Now I'm the ruler of the seas!"

Therapist: Do you have any friends? Me: yeah Therapist: Boy or Girl? Me: Octopus

Having done a lot of diving - I can say that the octopus is an absolute marvel to encounter. Some (mostly the younger ones) are ... So curious. At first it's like "WOW! U THREAT?!" once it establishes that you are not, it's like "Eeer ... What are you then? I've never seen one of you around before." and there begins the act of mutual curiosity :3. You slowly reach with a finger, it sends a tentacle ... you both touch, sometimes they get frightened and clamp your entire hand, flashing black before letting go, but not swimming away. They are playful, find a shiny pebble, hand it to the octopus, it'll take it, check if it can be eaten ... discard it ... then a few sec after send a tentacle back to the pebble out of curiosity as to "why did he give me this pebble ... gotta check again for anything special". They really hold a very special place in my heart, it's not everyday that two species get curious about one another and attempt mutual understanding :) -comment from "the insane biology of: the octopus" video

Okay that tree trunk thing was incredible, he did a better job of communicating his plan and request than my friends do when helping them move furniture into their new place 😂

The fact that the octopus actually was telling her to move the log is extremely intelligent. I find it quite surprising how no one is talking about that.

Can we just appreciate her for not bringing Egbert to a little cage or something?

What’s so astonishing is that the octopus is actually *instructing* her as to what it wants her to do! That is a really big deal.

The way he moved your hand to push the log because he wanted help was actually crazy, that was a consciously intention

Egbert pulls her hand so she can push the log for him. She eventually realized what he wanted her to do. Egbert must've been impressed that humans are intelligent enough to be trained

Egbert: dad I became friend with a human Cthulhu: bring her here for a dinner some day

I’m amazed at their intelligence. He showed the human he wanted the log out of the way and even pushed it. Any time an animal shows problem solving skills, that’ll tell you they are intelligent.❤❤❤

How wonderful to have a purely organic relationship with a wild ocean animal. This lady and Egbert are both blessed to have found each other ❤

"He touched my finger with his tentacle, and I think we were both a bit surprised..." AKA That bittersweet moment when you finally meet your soulmate but realize he's in a completely different phylum from you.

Egbert to his friends : I've finally trained the hooman to push the logs for me..

We're just beginning to learn how intelligent, responsive, and caring animals are. We have so much to learn from them.

I do wish octopus anf cuttlefish lived longer. Wonderful, curious, intelligent, highly emotional and sensitive creatures. And yes he got her to join in on the hunt. Mad respect to her.

Imagine just being a fish swimming by and getting punched 8 times by an octopus

You know an octopus is smart when he keeps getting a human to keep returning to him like his personal lapdog and lift up logs for him.

Woah that’s pretty wild. He grabbed her finger, swam to her and swam back and indicated he wanted her to push it. That’s so amazing

Octopus are very intelligent. I think they are adorable 💓🐙

I bet that's quite an interesting debate they have down at the science institute in Octopi city, when Egbert says his research has proven that humans can actually be trained, and are quite possibly intelligent too!

Egbert: * Touches log * Lady: * Touches log * Egbert: Stay there, wait. * Grabs shells * Okay now you can go thanks

That scene where his little arms were pushing that log was funny.. He looked like he was lifting weights. Lol Its so awesome that he directed you to help him. What a cool experience

🇧🇷This woman is an amazing and fantastic human being. Why? She got to make a friendship with a being in its natural environment. She didn't took Egbert to an aquarium ou deprived him of his FREEDOM. THIS IS WHAT WE HUMANS MUST LEARN. Our planet needs more humans like her. Egbert is an extraordinary being from nature and we humans MUST LEARN TO RESPECT him and all living creatures who divide this planet with us. 🇧🇷

He grabbed your hand just like a little kid does when they want to show you something. That was precious!

"Thank you for being my friend human, i will tell Cthulhu to spare your life when he finally awakes"

Looks like both the octopus and the human were very surprised at each other's company. A precious moment indeed.

Every once in a while, I come back to this video… always makes me smile. Beautiful little creature, and beautiful human.

She came back for him multiple times and she didn’t take him home! That’s a true friendship right there

The fact that it tried communicating with her to get her to push the trunk is so smart, I had no idea they were this intelligent.

What a fun story about Egbert. Octopuses are extremely intelligent. It's fun to see how they each experimented with getting to know each other.

If you loved this story I must recommend My Octopus Teacher Absolutely lovely.

Buddy was so annoyed he walked a few inches to spit out his food that was one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen

Should of called him Squidward cause he's so annoyed with his neighbors 😂

It was so sweet when she said she was having nightmares about Egbert 🥰

This is the best thing I have seen on the internet in a long time. Like you, I would feel like I would have to go check on him every single day to make sure he’s ok. Egbert is hilarious. You should have a daily KZfaq channel on him. I couldn’t wait to see what he’s up to.

The fact that he knew the human could move the log is mind blowing

The moment an octopus can pick up girls easier than you...

3:12 that’s actually so cool, not only were they smart enough to realize that the swimmer was able to learn like them but they figured out how to communicate with them so they could get food that the fish wouldn’t steal, they probably understood that they were bringing that fish on purpose, and made good on that intent

I love how totally different species can still find ways to interact and understand each other. I love this.

When he walks to throw the fish away it reminds me of squidwards sassy walk 😂

The fish annoyed him so much that he literally gave up on holding that fish so he threw it away

Octopus are such amazing creatures! They are so intelligent it’s crazy just how intelligent they really are! Such an awesome interaction!

1:38 Elora is angelic.

"Hold this log giant ape, i need food."

'' an octopus tried to eat my finger and we became friends''

Helping him hunt thats the most cutest thing ever

I am not aware of ANYTHING more fascinating than this. It's so interesting and absolutely amazing to see this inter species interaction. Mind blowing! 💚💛🧡🐙🐙🐙

Egbert: “puck it up-“ Girl: *picks it up* Egbert: *surprised pikachu face*

Alternative title: Octopus trains human to help him hunt!

WOW, the octopus actually guided her to help push the trunk! How intelligent they have to be.

I wish they could continue to be friends as he grows up. How awesome that would be. 💖

The way he ran from his house with that fish to throw it away from all the other fishes pestering him about it was legit the funniest thing I ever seen an animal do! He was like: "FINE!! TAKE IT!!!!" 😂😂

YES HUMAN! Hahahaha that’s right push the lodge.... excellent, with my brains and your strength we can rule the seas together - 🐙

It's a beautiful thing to see that any creatures can get along. We all have love in our hearts and love is universal

"Woman and Octopus are Best Friends" Hentai Artists: interesting...

Woman: I'm best friends with an octopus. Octopus: *KEEP BRINGING FOOD HUMAN SLAVE*

I absolutely love this, and I love your heart. I love the fact that you were taking the time and patience to form a relationship with this gorgeous creature. I was recently walking past the sea food counter in my local grocery store and saw two beautiful octopus lying there, frozen solid, waiting for someone to come along and buy them to chop them up. I felt such disgust and sadness, and walked away.

The moment he reached out his tentacle for you was priceless, I had no idea about Octopus 🐙 !

*Egbert:* _"I never thought humans essential. They're crude and unspeakably plain. But maybe they've a glimmer of potential, if allied to my vision and brain."_

Egbert throwing a fish away with an UGH bc he was so over everyone is an entire MOOD.

So nice to see this sooper intelligent nature's wonder and a caring lady. Blessed are both.

This is a beautiful wonderful friendship!

Was she training the octopus, or was the octopus training her?🤔🐙

“Egbert is the most curious octopus that Elora has ever met” SHE’S MET OTHER OCTOPUS?

That is the most lovely story. Octopuses are an incredible animal.

Octopus is a very smart creature indeed and a friendship is possible between our two very different species.

Major Respect for her for not taking him home to be put in a Tiny Tank where he would be miserable, She is truly wise and knows what’s best for Wildlife!

What an intelligent creature.. the way he threw away the piece of fish given to him just to have his peace back really cracked me up. Reminds me of Squidward being annoyed LOL so adorable.

He is really freaking great and I love that he has befriended the British woman and decided she is worth the effort! Without people like her we would not have the joy she has brought all of us. That really rocks and I love it!!! Yup, fantastic!❣️

Unreal that it nonverbally communicated with her to use teamwork. So smart.

I knew these guys were intelligent but I'm completely speechless at how he tried to communicate to her to help him hunt. Omg, that's so wild.

2:33 Egbert was like "put your hand here on this log and push. Noo, no not like that. I said put it right here and push up like this. Okay I'm gonna show you one more time, put your hand right here and li-- there you go! Wasn't so hard was it"

Octopuses are incredible animals so smart and loving

Octopus are amazing, intelligent and sentient living creatures!

An octopus punching fish 😂🤣🤣🤣 I laughed harder than I should have.

If Octopuses weren't so short-lived, we would literally be teaching them how to read.

Octopi are brilliant creatures. We owe them far more respect than we give them.

He’s so precious!!

We try so hard to look for aliens in space, when they're in our oceans.

I actually read a National Geographic thing awhile ago that said octopi (octopuses?) have incredible reasoning and learning skills. They're super intelligent.

The way he placed your hand on the trunk was like he was telling you to pull your own weight😂

Protect animals. Like they are your baby. Fight for them!

Animals are really intelligent. Most of them are terrified of people, but those curious few form bonds with us and are interested in what we are. I wish we could be that way without being so destructive :(

I would watch 3 seasons of their friendship. Fascinating, cute, and strangely human.

This was a breath of fresh air. Absolutely loved this. Commenting so I can hopefully find this again on a bad day to make it better 🐙

This is uniquely one of the most entertaining and interesting videos presented by The Dodo and posted to You Tube. Such a great friendship between the woman and Egbert, the octupus.🧡

Egbert: How to train your human

Egbert is such a cute little octopus.

I love octopus. They are such fascinating creatures.

This is just the sweetest thing ever please ppl be kind to our animals it's adorable an a wonderful thing to do..

He was probably thinking to himself *Damn you sure are one weird looking Octopus lmao*

I used to scrape barnacles offa boats that were moored when I was a teen. This octopus used to come hang out and after awhile i began feeding it some baitfish from time to time. Well, we became great, great pals. He (or she) would hover around and chase off the curious snooks n jacks that occasionally hit me in the face. Well, one day he kept coming right up in my face and grabbing at me, like he was trying to pull me up from under the boat. He also started to flash like a red strobe kinda thing (he never changed colors just when he would return to his cave n settle). Honestly if it weren't an octopus I'd have thought he was panicky. So I begin looking around, and circling the boat with its fins down and its back in a high arch is this massive, massive great hammerhead (didnt look too long but it was over 12ft). I dunno what I did to piss this shark off but I hightailed it outta there, all thanks to my octopus buddy. (As an aside, this was when I was 15 or 16, returned @25 and he was still there, and still remembered me! I wish digital cameras were a thing then cuz i still cant find a video similar to the way he was sorta moving his colors that day. ) EDIT: 1993 Goodland, FL

Swatting at the little fish was soooo funny and cute!

It's such a sweet little thing you got going on there with your friend, your little octopus friend is so cool! The little guy actually has personality, it's really sweet, you'll find that in a lot of different little animals if you actually have and take the time to look and of course gain their trust! When it comes to intelligent animals, intelligence comes in many different sizes and sophistication, your friendship is so adorable!

That moment with the log is the closest I’ve seen life get to a Pixar film