Most Octopuses Live Only One to Five Years

In 2016 he slipped out of his tank and went down a drainpipe to the sea.

Veined octopuses have been filmed carrying coconut shell halves to use as portable shelters.

Thousands of color-changing cells called chromatophores let them blend in or flash warnings.

Roughly two-thirds of its half-billion neurons sit in the arms, letting them act with a degree of independence.