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

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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 the voice over, the incredible voiceover of another science channel, Kurzgesagt. Relax, enjoy, and learn about the Deep Sea!

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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.

Production Credits:

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.