OctoNation is the world’s largest octopus fan club, started in 2015 by Warren Carlyle. As a
kid growing up, there were very few resources and little information available about the
octopus, he set out to change that and started what has become the world’s largest octopus
fanclub! Join us for this episode and get a small taste of the truly amazing world of the
octopus!
● 00:11 Intro
● 02:07 Thanks for being here Warren, you have THE coolest Instagram page
● 03:48 How did OctoNation start? I liked aliens
● 05:45 In 2015 I read Soul Of The Octopus by Sy Montgomery, started an Instagram
account
● 07:57 We hired influencers, this was the dawn of the influencer age
● 09:00 Reverse engineer people who are interested in the octopus
● 10:40 “Are they even endangered?!”
● 11:23 You collaborate with scientists?
● 13:39 We eventually started a non-profit organization
● 16:00 Children love the octopus
● 17:50 They can edit their RNA?
● 19:30 They have blue blood
● 20:06 New deep ocean species are being discovered
● 21:10 Warty octopus sits on her eggs for 4 years
● 22:39 They have a decentralized nervous system, how do they control their arms?
● 24:17 They have chromatophores, iridophores, photophores.
● 26:10 Octopus eyes
● 26:56 Octopuses are real Pokemon, their were so few resources
● 28:16 Bats and dolphins gave us echolocation, imagine what technology an octopus
can give us
● 29:47 Does it control its legs consciously?
● 31:21 Farming octopus and raising them in captivity
● 32:56 We plan to fund research
● 33:24 Hairy octopus
● 34:44 Sy Montgomery, The Soul Of The Octopus
● 36:00 People will protect what they love
● 37:33 Even crows are interesting
● 41:25 Mimic octopus
● 43:40 Octopus self defense is to cling and stay away from your mouth
● 45:05 They are den animals, very calculated and efficient
● 46:16 Algae octopus
● 47:57 Octopuses are extremely strong
● 50:28 Do they bite humans?
● 52:29 OctoNation merch
● 53:30 Outro