Octopuses: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Web Exclusive)

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  • John Oliver explains why octopuses are cool, great, and yes, called “octopuses”.
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  • @lauramccullagh980
    @lauramccullagh980 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2873

    This didn’t even mention the octopus that was kept in an aquarium that learned how often the night watch walked by so it could sneak out of its tank and into the shrimp tank to eat them all and then sneak back.

    • @danielbuckner2167
      @danielbuckner2167 2 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      True story

    • @Theoanno7
      @Theoanno7 2 ปีที่แล้ว +121

      Holy smokes! Really? When you think of it, humans are not remotely interesting. 😂

    • @Ud0ntcm3
      @Ud0ntcm3 2 ปีที่แล้ว +140

      I think the most disturbing part of that is the confirmation that comes after. When the animals rise against us we should fear the octopus even more than the monkey.

    • @lornaginetteharrison7168
      @lornaginetteharrison7168 2 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      @@Ud0ntcm3 I don’t know why, but your comment made me ponder what a super-intelligent ape/octopus hybrid incarnation would look like...probably Adam Driver!

    • @anbu1325
      @anbu1325 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I love this fact! Where was this?

  • @Babbleplay
    @Babbleplay 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4770

    This just confirms my theory all British people secretly long to be nature documentary narrators.

    • @bookfound
      @bookfound 2 ปีที่แล้ว +125

      It was a secret?

    • @carabiner7999
      @carabiner7999 2 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      As one, shhhhh.

    • @kneau
      @kneau 2 ปีที่แล้ว +116

      If you are on a hike with a British friend, would or would you not find ways of prompting them to expound on your surroundings?

    • @nicholascecil6733
      @nicholascecil6733 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      He shouldn't quit his day job lol

    • @emilytalerman3567
      @emilytalerman3567 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hahahahaha

  • @karapalmer7228
    @karapalmer7228 ปีที่แล้ว +824

    I'm completely convinced that this is just what happens if you leave him unsupervised in the studio

    • @MasterArchfiend
      @MasterArchfiend ปีที่แล้ว +31

      This and commissioning or purchasing furry content with HBO money. Even gets the idea to combine them at the end.

    • @josephbelisle5792
      @josephbelisle5792 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Oh definitely.

  • @holytankadinSabelane
    @holytankadinSabelane 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1403

    When John said he definitely didn't have a giant octopus mascot and looked off camera... was I the only one who was surprised when a giant octopus mascot didn't appear?

    • @samuelsilbory6672
      @samuelsilbory6672 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      No

    • @HungerGamesFan88
      @HungerGamesFan88 2 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      based on the cicada thing, and the entire rest of the show, we all were surprised

    • @Marquis-Sade
      @Marquis-Sade 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@HungerGamesFan88 I guess that was his intention

    • @WrenLaFeet
      @WrenLaFeet ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Definitely not. 😂 Kept bracing the whole time. All 2.3 seconds of it.

    • @casualeann
      @casualeann ปีที่แล้ว

      I was expecting it too haha

  • @simmydared541
    @simmydared541 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9230

    “ furry turkeys with human legs” We already have that freak of nature on earth. It’s called an ostrich.

    • @RamesGamesLC
      @RamesGamesLC 2 ปีที่แล้ว +238

      Wai- You know, you're not wrong. And their eggs are the size of a bowling ball. And they're very violent.

    • @HeilRay
      @HeilRay 2 ปีที่แล้ว +133

      That 'freak of nature' is more beautiful than 95% of the human population. Minimum

    • @marisu9765
      @marisu9765 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      That's an infallible point you have there.

    • @Alias_Anybody
      @Alias_Anybody 2 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      What about the Emus though?

    • @MontgomeryWenis
      @MontgomeryWenis 2 ปีที่แล้ว +104

      Well I should point out that in that footage, the octopus was mimicking a frogfish.

  • @Arigiske
    @Arigiske 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2177

    you will be spared for singing praises to our kind.

    • @WindFireAllThatKindOfThing
      @WindFireAllThatKindOfThing 2 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      Just wanted to say: Love your work, looking forward to voting for you in the 2024 and 4,838,480 elections.

    • @tdawggonzo88
      @tdawggonzo88 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Cthulhu ftaghan

    • @ericcloud1023
      @ericcloud1023 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Cthulhu ftaghen! Also I've always hated Calimari or octopus 🐙 anything

    • @kgurl
      @kgurl 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @zaaz1471
      @zaaz1471 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      "spared" 🤣

  • @ThoughtfulPotato
    @ThoughtfulPotato 2 ปีที่แล้ว +145

    Did I just watch a grown man gush non stop about octopuses for over 9 minutes? Yes. Yes I did.
    Am I upset about that? Not at all! Finally happy to see the awesome octopuses get the well deserved praise!

  • @cosmosofinfinity
    @cosmosofinfinity 2 ปีที่แล้ว +179

    When John started vouching for the octopuses' moral character, I was hoping by the end of the video it would be revealed that, like the chameleon, John Oliver was just an octopus in disguise the whole time. Missed opportunity! Or perhaps... the camouflage ability of the octopus is just that good, and the mimicry is still being done to this day

    • @elanasilverman4468
      @elanasilverman4468 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yes!!!! (for the octopus-shaped John costume)

    • @josephbelisle5792
      @josephbelisle5792 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Wonderful idea and a missed opportunity for the show.

  • @joyfulgirl40018
    @joyfulgirl40018 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1328

    I love that there's absolutely no punchline or payoff here, it's just nine minutes of "octopuses are awesome."

    • @SA-mo3hq
      @SA-mo3hq 2 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      Not in frame: The octapus to his left that learnt to hold a gun

    • @janeallgood9833
      @janeallgood9833 2 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      lol, he reminds me of a 7 yo who just learned about dinosaurs

    • @owensanchez9353
      @owensanchez9353 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dude, Fr

    • @nickdiemelify
      @nickdiemelify 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It’s a fluff piece

    • @bigshow771
      @bigshow771 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Right? Even though I was enjoying it, I kept waiting for the swerve. At the end, all I could do was laugh.

  • @lathe-operator
    @lathe-operator 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1618

    _"Cats have dominated the internet for far too long and it's past time that octopuses take their turn."_
    Well, in some specific parts of the internet...

    • @lanapowell
      @lanapowell 2 ปีที่แล้ว +159

      _Nani?_

    • @yedmavus
      @yedmavus 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      underrated comment

    • @AKhoja
      @AKhoja 2 ปีที่แล้ว +146

      You see, when a tentacle and a girl love each other very much...

    • @Mrholysymbol
      @Mrholysymbol 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @FrankFit when more people care, why do you keep replying with this same message everywhere chill out

    • @jeronimo486
      @jeronimo486 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@AKhoja Hahaha!

  • @Onlera33
    @Onlera33 2 ปีที่แล้ว +233

    Lol, thought he’d bring up that story about an aquarium worker accidentally feeding an octopus some shrimp that had gone bad. In response, the octopus didn’t eat the shrimp, grabbed one of them, escaped his tank, went to the workers desk, and threw the bad shrimp onto it. That’s some pretty effective non-verbal communication of displeasure :)

    • @incognitonegress3453
      @incognitonegress3453 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      What! 😳
      Keep those away from me...the entire fuxxx!

    • @elanasilverman4468
      @elanasilverman4468 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      no way???
      in complete seriousness, is that safe for an octopus? It won't suffocate or anything?

    • @incognitonegress3453
      @incognitonegress3453 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@elanasilverman4468 they r aliens... they can do whatever the fuxxx they want.

    • @elanasilverman4468
      @elanasilverman4468 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@incognitonegress3453 wait...really? I feel like we're kind of trash-talking their planet now🤔

    • @incognitonegress3453
      @incognitonegress3453 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@elanasilverman4468 lol...yes, n I'm sorry!!!

  • @Windthin
    @Windthin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +701

    I have always loved octopuses. You didn't even get into their amazing escape artist antics or ability to totally fool stupid humans in aquariums by sneaking into other tanks to eat and then hiding the evidence and sneaking back.
    Point is, octopuses rule.

    • @kristobahl
      @kristobahl 2 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      This exact same thing happened in my sisters research laboratory! The cleaner caught it sneaking back into its tank after eating all the blue cod one by one! It was lifting the glass lid and everything!

    • @thearmchairjournalist566
      @thearmchairjournalist566 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@kristobahl would love to see that 🤣

    • @soscobra
      @soscobra 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      I have only one thing to say: The star of the movie Finding Dory was the Octopus. Freaking amazing character

    • @Windthin
      @Windthin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@kristobahl I mean, the humans were nice enough to provide it with snacks nearby, it's surely not its fault if it takes them up on that!

    • @howardbiel5290
      @howardbiel5290 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Octopi one of the only creatures that knows to hide the evidence

  • @juanmivazquez
    @juanmivazquez 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1534

    John: I hate looking at humans. They are all bad.
    Adam Driver: :(

    • @bmmmchichibmmm
      @bmmmchichibmmm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Meta

    • @andrewmakey8950
      @andrewmakey8950 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      😆😆😆

    • @GeneralAblon
      @GeneralAblon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      George Clooney: Great, that mean you gonna leave me the freak alone?

    • @ninjamatic5000
      @ninjamatic5000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      Adam Driver is an octopus. Why the fuck do you think John made this segment?

    • @grillune375
      @grillune375 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Adam Driver isn't a human.

  • @Lifealope
    @Lifealope 2 ปีที่แล้ว +725

    John: "I want to do a segment on Octopuses this week."
    HBO: "You're not even on this week."
    John: "So, is that a yes?"

    • @p1CM
      @p1CM 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Funny thing is that, Chicken Permission, was given

    • @user-en7cg3ve9u
      @user-en7cg3ve9u 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I feel like this is some sort of experiment whether we will watch anything John Oliver puts out. I guess we will.

    • @danmortenson5274
      @danmortenson5274 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@user-en7cg3ve9u I will, sooner or later...

    • @rossjennings4755
      @rossjennings4755 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      HBO: "Isn't that a bit of a departure for you, John?"
      John: "Look, if I still can't leave this white void, can you at least let me try some new subject matter? Just this once, I don't want to cover some depressing new trend in local politics. I want to talk about something fun, like how octopuses are cool and great."
      HBO: "OK, fine, we'll make it a web exclusive."

  • @danicaburke9355
    @danicaburke9355 ปีที่แล้ว +102

    My 3 year old is this obsessed and passionate about octopuses, squid and cuttlefish. Watching this feels like I’m meeting future him. He does a great impression of a “giant ‘cific octopus” that John would be proud of

    • @peggedyourdad9560
      @peggedyourdad9560 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Oh, that's really cute! You should show him either the dumbo octopus (yes, named after the classic Disney character) or the bobtail squid (there's a video of one getting roasted by a group of scientists) if he's still interested in octouses.

  • @thixiemattel
    @thixiemattel 2 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    I really didn’t expect 2 of my favorite things about this planet (octopuses and John Oliver, respectively) to collide in this manner and for this, I am grateful.

  • @lizcooke6946
    @lizcooke6946 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3892

    “I hate looking at humans. They’re all bad.” I felt that.

    • @Asterius_101
      @Asterius_101 2 ปีที่แล้ว +102

      @Trevor Wong-VanHaren She's secretly an octopus in disguise

    • @Bensi7634
      @Bensi7634 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Asterius_101 ça xxxa.

    • @Jonathan.D
      @Jonathan.D 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Somewhere in John Oliver's attic, there's a painting of him looking younger by the second.

    • @Sheamu5
      @Sheamu5 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Breaking news, bird man marries octopus woman

    • @josebeteta8283
      @josebeteta8283 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      All due respect to the British comedian that teaches us how the world is fucked, but my former crush and current girlfriend are pretty mesmerizing to watch for me, so I don’t know about that. That’s all I wanted to say

  • @DigitalDirge
    @DigitalDirge 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1347

    I feel like an octopus wrote this episode, and I am 100% okay with that.

    • @KaladinVegapunk
      @KaladinVegapunk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Or otacon from mgs4 haha after designing the octocamo suit for snake

    • @rochelledickerson5214
      @rochelledickerson5214 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      🤣🤣💖🐙

    • @mauirandall8176
      @mauirandall8176 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      John Oliver was an octopus this whole time, they're really good at camouflage.

    • @joshuaangeloglumalid8314
      @joshuaangeloglumalid8314 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fun fact : Well octopuses are famous in the internet!
      Well some places in the INTERNET

  • @joyjordan5479
    @joyjordan5479 2 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    This is the energy I never knew I needed in my life. Shoutout to octopuses for being cool as shit.

    • @Bill-up9xw
      @Bill-up9xw 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You are cute!

    • @Tonyhouse1168
      @Tonyhouse1168 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Reminds me of how I was working on a roof today and banged the exact spot on my shin that I beat against a table last night….that’s me having trouble with 4 limbs, while these crazy asses are killing it with 8!

  • @WhiskeyPlease-xq3ru
    @WhiskeyPlease-xq3ru ปีที่แล้ว +41

    I’ve seen every John Oliver video and this might be the best one.

  • @132karissanelson
    @132karissanelson 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2420

    I've literally spent the last 20 years of my life trying to convince everyone that Octopuses are the greatest species of animal on earth and for the first time in my life I feel validated!!

    • @ska7triumph
      @ska7triumph 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Yea with elephants a close second.

    • @TheFren
      @TheFren 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Same. I saw a documentary as a kid and am in love since. They showed an octopus who seemed to have a crush on a female researcher, so apparently this works vice versa.
      Now that I think about it, Oliver didn't show any pictures of women when he was complaining about human looks... maybe we're just meant to run away with the octopuses. 🤔
      Anyway, my favourite story is one I read recently when a researcher forgot to feed an octopus, and it climbed out of its tank wandered to the researchers desk, left some kind of mess there and then went back. The researcher was pretty shocked, since he considered the tank escape-proof.

    • @CMBell1985
      @CMBell1985 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@TheFren I dont even need a citation for that, its so octo-believable.

    • @fernandoulisessosa2212
      @fernandoulisessosa2212 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      You need to rethink your life goals

    • @ThePenguinKowalski
      @ThePenguinKowalski 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah same!!

  • @ryanarmitage7196
    @ryanarmitage7196 2 ปีที่แล้ว +576

    Disappointed when I realized this wasn’t a 30 min deep dive on octopuses

    • @mbergeron1487
      @mbergeron1487 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      I see what you did there.

    • @temetnosce888
      @temetnosce888 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      So was I!!! Thankful for the nine minutes we did get, though. It was glorious 😂

    • @simonwanjohimutahi5180
      @simonwanjohimutahi5180 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      th-cam.com/video/-RAglyw6ySk/w-d-xo.html

  • @Tim3.14
    @Tim3.14 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    This video still makes me laugh out loud at multiple points, 9 months after I first saw it. That's some octupus-level comedy writing there.

  • @wreckitremy
    @wreckitremy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    As someone who has had octopuses as a special interest for years, THANK YOU

  • @BusinessCasual
    @BusinessCasual 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7797

    Plot twist: John is actually an octopus.

    • @rawovunlapin8201
      @rawovunlapin8201 2 ปีที่แล้ว +143

      How else would get a person who manages to look this much like a bird without trying?

    • @JazzyTyfighter
      @JazzyTyfighter 2 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      The human form is just a disguise like in the Penguins of Madagascar movie.

    • @Daikoon
      @Daikoon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      He is the Octodad we all need.

    • @propanegrah
      @propanegrah 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      shut up business casual

    • @brandonangstman
      @brandonangstman 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      0_0.... It all makes sense now!

  • @justinsmith2102
    @justinsmith2102 2 ปีที่แล้ว +559

    It's truly refreshing to see someone as excited about octopuses as I am.

    • @justinsmith2102
      @justinsmith2102 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@RedButtonTV1 always but not what I was specifically referring to in this instance.

    • @prieurvictor7536
      @prieurvictor7536 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@RedButtonTV1 ppp

    • @trickwillis
      @trickwillis 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      a blissful fugue state swirlin

    • @oniakuma2392
      @oniakuma2392 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      If you want Octopus Excitement, check out Hentai

    • @BeardslapRadio
      @BeardslapRadio 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Just cephalopods in general, hands down best animals.

  • @justineb
    @justineb ปีที่แล้ว +8

    John Oliver- please do a nature documentary series. Thank you for bringing so much visibility to our 8 legged friends.

    • @caronstout354
      @caronstout354 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He should see what fascinating things that cuttlefish do...

  • @Seevawonderloaf
    @Seevawonderloaf 2 ปีที่แล้ว +115

    I've been saying this for ages!! They're SO cool. So cool I lowkey wish I had a pet octopus but I wouldn't ever subjugate this majestic beast to live in a tank for my entertainment. Be free octopi! Be free!

  • @Drifter.Dreams
    @Drifter.Dreams 2 ปีที่แล้ว +664

    "Stealth bagpipes" is officially my new favorite way to refer to octopuses.

    • @glenngriffon8032
      @glenngriffon8032 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      John is one of the more passionate furries on youtube

  • @mackenzieehrgood6173
    @mackenzieehrgood6173 2 ปีที่แล้ว +898

    Imagine if John found an octopus that looked like Adam Driver.

    • @unknownexo
      @unknownexo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      Maybe Adam Driver is an octopus 🐙

    • @maryknight4109
      @maryknight4109 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Mackenzie - 😆😆😆😆😆😆

    • @Black_Caucus
      @Black_Caucus 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      stand on me octopus daddy

    • @immortalasirpa8117
      @immortalasirpa8117 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      imagine if I had a real life man that looked like Adam Driver instead of the irritated octopus that calls itself my husband

    • @videt7459
      @videt7459 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Given that 'tentacle p@rn' is already a thing in fanfiction across all pairings, you might've just spawned some really weird stories xD

  • @LaraVlach
    @LaraVlach 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    John just straight up choosing violence in this episode makes me giggle. “I hope that man does, and that one, and all humans, actually, let’s just have me and the octopuses.”

  • @jcherson
    @jcherson 2 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    More nature segments please, that was amazing.

  • @chesh1re_cat
    @chesh1re_cat 2 ปีที่แล้ว +991

    "Now you now how to end a tinder date in 10 seconds"
    Bold of you to assume I did not already possess that knowledge

    • @shannonweaver2169
      @shannonweaver2169 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Right, my basic personality is usually pretty good at that

    • @sravanthimagi3
      @sravanthimagi3 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No idea

    • @senor_fridge
      @senor_fridge 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      End a tinder date? He most certainly has more knowledge to relinquish to us. I have yet to even get a tinder date.

    • @leizdutra9377
      @leizdutra9377 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Exactly, this is what dating is for, the sparks aren't flying

    • @jgbreezer
      @jgbreezer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Or how to start the relationship of a lifetime... (if you meet the right person)

  • @KindredKay
    @KindredKay 2 ปีที่แล้ว +475

    he forgot about the fact that an octopus memorized a night guards route so he could crawl out of his tank, across the hall into a fish tank, grab a snack and then get back to his tank before anyone noticed him

    • @Green__Ghost
      @Green__Ghost 2 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      Or the fact that octopuses are capable of opening jars, even ones they are put inside.

    • @KindredKay
      @KindredKay 2 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      @@Green__Ghost the only reasons octopus dont qualify as sentient beings is because they have no drive to learn new survival tactics, they think their way is fine so they just vibe, i agree with john, they are amazing creatures

    • @jasonblalock4429
      @jasonblalock4429 2 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      Wasn't that one so smart that he actually re-locked his cage behind him, so the staff had no idea he'd escaped?

    • @alokdhodapkar8303
      @alokdhodapkar8303 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Link to video ?

    • @richarddevenezia8186
      @richarddevenezia8186 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      That's some Joe Rogan shit right there.

  • @sbrundage7
    @sbrundage7 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    This man brings me indescribable joy.

  • @oruppel8214
    @oruppel8214 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Yes! Finally giving cephalopods the credit they deserve! Thank you John!

  • @fyraltari1889
    @fyraltari1889 2 ปีที่แล้ว +398

    John Oliver: I hate looking at humans.
    Adam Driver: feels betrayed.

    • @RubelliteFae
      @RubelliteFae 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Are we sure he's human?

    • @patpierce4854
      @patpierce4854 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @cleverusername9369
      @cleverusername9369 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@RubelliteFae he's a pensive bison

    • @lavane26
      @lavane26 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I thought Adam Driver was a tree.

    • @Cryogenian
      @Cryogenian 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Clearly Adam Driver is in fact an octopus in disguised as a human it just does too great of a job at it

  • @Jack-Lack
    @Jack-Lack 2 ปีที่แล้ว +510

    I, too, am a pretty intense fan of octopuses. He ain't even mention their jets, their ink defense, the fact that some of them will create a strobe light show to mesmerize prey, that they prey on sharks, that they can pass through basically any small crack, or that they mourn their dead. I'm not saying that these aren't generally well-known facts, I'm just saying that they're more reasons why octopuses have a staggering amount of defense mechanisms and intriguing behaviors.

    • @rfresa
      @rfresa 2 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      Basically the only reasons why they haven't conquered the earth are their mostly solitary natures and short lifespans. Once they start hanging out in groups and living a little longer, it's all over.

    • @darrylw8074
      @darrylw8074 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Used to keep Australian Blue-ring Octopuses in a marine fish tank. They are one of the deadliest marine creatures in the ocean. The rings are vivid metallic blue and the body colour could be anything from sand, to bright fluorescent orange when it was attacking its food (crabs).

    • @TeaDrinker3000
      @TeaDrinker3000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      He didn't even mention how much they love playing

    • @teruhiiko
      @teruhiiko 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      They mourn their dead?😢

    • @erisgh0sted961
      @erisgh0sted961 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@TeaDrinker3000 imagine how awesome of a drummer an octopus could be. 🤔

  • @coalblooded
    @coalblooded ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I want to learn more about these amazing creatures, but I want to learn it from a John Oliver video.
    Please make an entire documentary on their awesomeness, John!

  • @user-hs1xb9tv6e
    @user-hs1xb9tv6e 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Get yourself someone who will love you as much as this man love to talk about octopuses.

  • @johnnyfiveo
    @johnnyfiveo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1666

    2:18 "stealth bagpipes" I'm dead

    • @dr.floridamanphd
      @dr.floridamanphd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I thought that’s what he said

    • @chriskline3763
      @chriskline3763 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Hahahaha somehow I missed that joke.

    • @frankboyd.
      @frankboyd. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      I wonder if they can change colour to look like tartan.

    • @xzonia1
      @xzonia1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      That line did make me LOL. :)

    • @KaritKtana
      @KaritKtana 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Best description ever

  • @faint525
    @faint525 2 ปีที่แล้ว +598

    "It's time octopuses start dominating the internet"
    Nobody tell him about hentai.

  • @varunshetty6810
    @varunshetty6810 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I LOVE you, John Oliver! I’ve always respected octopuses. Thank you for this!

  • @laughing-cat
    @laughing-cat 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This is absolutely one of the best things I've ever seen!! Every dang time!! Thank you, John Oliver!!

    • @Tonyhouse1168
      @Tonyhouse1168 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Reminds me of how I was working on a roof today and banged the exact spot on my shin that I beat against a table last night….that’s me having trouble with 4 limbs, while these crazy asses are killing it with 8!

  • @RebakaChan
    @RebakaChan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1766

    I love “stealth bagpipes”

    • @Rekishi12
      @Rekishi12 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      They are also know as the " floppy floppy spiders of the sea."

    • @InvisiblerApple
      @InvisiblerApple 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      The best part was how he just breezed right through that term.

    • @simonwanjohimutahi5180
      @simonwanjohimutahi5180 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      th-cam.com/video/-RAglyw6ySk/w-d-xo.html

    • @daniellamcgee4251
      @daniellamcgee4251 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@simonwanjohimutahi5180 SPAM.

    • @toyotabrony
      @toyotabrony 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Rebaka-Chan Looks like u gotta new sub for ur cute vids

  • @xenathcytrin202
    @xenathcytrin202 2 ปีที่แล้ว +419

    he didnt even mention how octopuses are expert escape artists, so much so that it is relatively common in aquariums for them to find a way out of their own enclosure, crawl across the floor (In the air because, yes, they can hold their breath and navigate on land.), and enter a different enclosure, either because they want to eat the yummy fish in there or just because they wanted to.

    • @hansakkerman2611
      @hansakkerman2611 2 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      One even timed it, so not to encounter the night-guard

    • @Steffi5376
      @Steffi5376 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@hansakkerman2611 wtf really?

    • @cinerina
      @cinerina 2 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      Or in one real case, hop out of their tank with a moldy shrimp they had just been given to then flick it disdainfully onto the desk of their keeper just to say, "Fuck this nasty shrimp, you eat it!"

    • @stephensours8317
      @stephensours8317 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Octopus go brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

    • @RustyDust101
      @RustyDust101 2 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      @@hansakkerman2611 Or even worse: timing it not to be seen, getting out, crawling across a floor, breaking into and eating the next aquarium's occupants next to theirs, then returning over the dry floor, resealing the aquarium they just emptied, so only the security footage got them.
      THAT'S how smart octopuses are.

  • @NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself
    @NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I liked the part about the octopuses.
    Seriously, the title is "Octopuses," the content was about octopuses, and no allegory, bait-and-switch, or hidden message. Very refreshing.

  • @charlespartrick528
    @charlespartrick528 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I've always loved octopuses. Have seen many scuba diving and snorkeling. Amazing creatures.

  • @bamcr1218
    @bamcr1218 2 ปีที่แล้ว +671

    Yes John, this is exactly why I keep paying you attention

    • @biblegirl
      @biblegirl 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Indeed

    • @joshuaphillips755
      @joshuaphillips755 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Figuratively, it's why I watch/like/subscribe to many. Sam; Amber; Hasan (rip); etc... They are our most precious endangered species.

    • @tammy2755
      @tammy2755 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@joshuaphillips755 😂🤣

    • @8088I
      @8088I 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes, lovéd it!

    • @avedic
      @avedic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      When LWT returns, I'm fully counting on seeing John on set...flanked by 100 human-sized octopus mascots....
      With computer controlled servo-motor armature and flexible LED skin....engaging in a fully choreographed musical dance number, scored by Hans Zimmer, filmed by 10 cameras on 5 unique set pieces.
      It will be a very stressful day for HBO's accounting department....and they won't be able to do a thing about it. Except desperately attempt to buy any and every script that features CGI dragons and naked people being cut in half....

  • @rebekah5052
    @rebekah5052 2 ปีที่แล้ว +557

    I didn't see that this was a web exclusive at first and I was like "holy shit, what are we doing to octopuses??"

    • @claracurie
      @claracurie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Welp... we're eating them. I just did on Sunday and I feel like the biggest dick on Earth :(

    • @hellNo116
      @hellNo116 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      we eat and chase them. they are really good sports. they are really hard to catch

    • @JuanPablodelaTorre
      @JuanPablodelaTorre 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      We sometimes boil them alive

    • @hellNo116
      @hellNo116 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@JuanPablodelaTorre we have a story where i live, about nothing kills them except wine. also you haven't lived if you haven't paralysed a octapus with your bare teeth and then hit into submission on limestone in order to make its flesh more tender...
      i have to point out at this point that i am against animal cruelty and this is sth that ppl used to do here.

    • @Drbeckerproductions
      @Drbeckerproductions 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Simple, we are fucking destroying the ocean for profit and convenience. The ocean is getting increasingly more acidic and marine life is dying.

  • @Mandarin
    @Mandarin ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you John Oliver, you've done it once again. Just, all of it. 👏👏👏

  • @Hello_Pri
    @Hello_Pri 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I love octopuses. They’re incredible. And I loved watching My Octopus Teacher. Currently reading The Soul of an Octopus 🐙❤️

    • @jbj9802
      @jbj9802 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Might I recommend "Other Minds" ... it's a look at the development of consciousness & sentience and has a lot to say about octopuses. Just utterly fascinating creatures.

    • @ryanwells1031
      @ryanwells1031 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I started reading Soul of an Octopus because of this comment and it has been amazing so far.

  • @hjbarber
    @hjbarber 2 ปีที่แล้ว +426

    I want animal facts with John as a recurring segment because it is simply the greatest thing I’ve ever seen

    • @christopherivan1790
      @christopherivan1790 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      One does wonder if he is angling to replace David Attenborough in comedy retirement.

    • @ChelleyV0807
      @ChelleyV0807 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      YAS!!!!

    • @Amelia7o9
      @Amelia7o9 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Animal facts w/ John Oliver + His Existential Depression (though tbh I'm super same on that)

    • @capncait
      @capncait 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      At least an occasional cephalopod segment, cause they're the coolest.

    • @donaldjohnson257
      @donaldjohnson257 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      .........Wanna see the greatest? Watch John's full segment on Televangelists
      pitching for "seed" money!!

  • @TE-ow8wk
    @TE-ow8wk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +834

    I don’t think this is John Oliver talking. I think he’s been replaced by an octopus camouflage as him

    • @moneer7139
      @moneer7139 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      No he just watched too much TierZoo

    • @millermbe
      @millermbe 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      THIS

    • @joquerol
      @joquerol 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      I would've screamed if at the end they had a 3D graphic of him turning back into an octopus.

    • @danielcurren2119
      @danielcurren2119 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I for one welcome our octopus overlords

    • @josebeteta8283
      @josebeteta8283 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @i Play Sometimes I expected you to be linking to a TierZoo video about octopuses, but that’s not bad either

  • @laurenlittlewood3913
    @laurenlittlewood3913 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Best thing I have seen on the internet all day. Reminds me how much I love octopuses.

  • @goodkaja8330
    @goodkaja8330 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Thank u John O, For years I’ve been considered “weird” by my Family and anyone else who’d listen to me rant about the greatness if the Octopus. Thank you!!!!

  • @BeepBoop173
    @BeepBoop173 2 ปีที่แล้ว +472

    “I’m worried that if people don’t pay attention to me I’ll die”
    SAME

    • @lpalacios1
      @lpalacios1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I will pay attention to you. Worry not!

    • @cameronsitton501
      @cameronsitton501 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      A teacher once tried to stump me with the classic mind game "Prove to me that you're not just a figment of my imagination."
      I hit him with "I AM a figment of your imagination, and if you stop thinking about me, I'll die."
      This reminded me of that so much

    • @chriskline3763
      @chriskline3763 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm dead on the inside soooo....no loss here.

    • @HeilRay
      @HeilRay 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      lol

    • @JariahxSynn
      @JariahxSynn 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      *Thanos Snap*

  • @jeremymiller9582
    @jeremymiller9582 2 ปีที่แล้ว +367

    “Charles destroyed the experimental equipment and repeatedly squirted the experimenter with water,” is an exceptionally delightful sentence.

    • @babypaul001
      @babypaul001 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Well, the experimenter certainly hopes it is just water ..

    • @carlairving
      @carlairving 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Bratty octopus

  • @elizabethsuggs7067
    @elizabethsuggs7067 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Scuba Trevor's funeral is today..." Omg John 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @lieke7287
    @lieke7287 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    John: If there are two parties on a beach and one films the other party without permission, who's being the real jerk there?
    Also john: continuous to show us photos from octopuses who also didn't consent

  • @EayuProuxm
    @EayuProuxm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +637

    "I'm worried that if people stop paying attention to me, I'll die." - John Oliver
    Johnnie Boy has finally become a real youtuber

  • @laurafedora5385
    @laurafedora5385 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    “Whatever massive company currently owns us” 😆

  • @Nitro-Blue
    @Nitro-Blue ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Genuinely my favorite episode/exclusive from this show

  • @brittney3165
    @brittney3165 2 ปีที่แล้ว +270

    "A big, wet trash bin full of God's weirdest typos" is the best description of ocean fauna I've ever heard.

    • @-HolySpiritDove-
      @-HolySpiritDove- 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The marvel of the octopus’ adaptability, is a recognition of God’s ingenuity 🐙💈😇✨

    • @tokyomilmil
      @tokyomilmil 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yep, ... might be a worthy opponent against Australia:
      “THE deliberately deserted trash bin to hide up all God’s kinky whims”

  • @yadiraaguilar2035
    @yadiraaguilar2035 2 ปีที่แล้ว +351

    The writers were replaced with average octopuses. That’s why this show was so funny and well written.

    • @Len124
      @Len124 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Octopuses are so cool it didn't even take exceptional ones to pull it off. The Jimmy Fallons of the octopus world.

  • @kiki2508
    @kiki2508 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Guys, the Brits are the absolute BEST at one liners and brilliant comedy! Love you John, and the expletives are f*** hilarious! x

  • @MangindDerous
    @MangindDerous 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I can't express how much I loved and thoroughly enjoyed this...

  • @thesewinggeekmiri9029
    @thesewinggeekmiri9029 2 ปีที่แล้ว +541

    "...you get the sense that some octopuses think we are idiots."
    I mean--that's fair.
    they're not wrong...

    • @AO00720
      @AO00720 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      I feel comfortable calling myself and fellow humans idiots.

    • @thesewinggeekmiri9029
      @thesewinggeekmiri9029 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@AO00720 I mean, it's not like *we* can escape a closed jar...

    • @insane_troll
      @insane_troll 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Well of course octopi are going to think you are idiots if you go around calling them "octopuses".

    • @iDriveAhondaCivic
      @iDriveAhondaCivic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@insane_troll 🙄

  • @Tramnack
    @Tramnack 2 ปีที่แล้ว +641

    "I hate looking at Humans. They're all bad."
    My new favorite quote.

  • @peterjohansson1828
    @peterjohansson1828 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Tbh that opening sounds like an excellent way to start a date.

  • @Evanthebat15
    @Evanthebat15 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I love how this is just one big massive excuse for John Oliver to nerd about Octopuses😂🤣

  • @RedSalamander
    @RedSalamander 2 ปีที่แล้ว +770

    This video in a nutshell:
    John Oliver: "Step on me, Wunderpus Photogenicus."

    • @alsorensen2484
      @alsorensen2484 2 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      "Crawl into my mouth, you stealthy bagpipe..."

    • @petey1115
      @petey1115 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      😆🤣

    • @lordeverybody872
      @lordeverybody872 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      This video in a cocoNut Shell. Using tools is a higher level of intelligence

    • @rheaprabhakaran6339
      @rheaprabhakaran6339 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @jaerivus
      @jaerivus 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      "Strangle me with seven arms whilst live-streaming my death on Tik-Tok with your eighth, you shapeless leviathan."

  • @ace_of_hearts1504
    @ace_of_hearts1504 2 ปีที่แล้ว +393

    "I hate looking at humans, they're all bad"
    Adam Driver: Do I mean nothing to you?

    • @MyPrinceRo
      @MyPrinceRo 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      yes, he does in fact

    • @OK-wu4wm
      @OK-wu4wm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lmao...he should have apologized to him in this segment...the writers missed the golden chance

    • @anoninunen
      @anoninunen 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Aha, but is it Jon Oliver? Or another octopus in a suit?
      n o b o d y s u s p e c t s a t h i n g

    • @Lectrikfro
      @Lectrikfro 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@anoninunen New DLC for Octodad?

    • @ziziroberts8041
      @ziziroberts8041 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      🤣

  • @i_spy5902
    @i_spy5902 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    OMG!!! John Oliver... bloody nailed it!! Bring us the octopus parade 🐙!!

  • @RabenFlueh
    @RabenFlueh 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    🌹🖤😂🖤🌹
    Octopuses are the best indeed!
    Btw... that was an excellent introduction into why and how to grammatically explain the Word "Octopuses"
    Cheers! ❤️🍻❤️

  • @ApollosDagger
    @ApollosDagger 2 ปีที่แล้ว +753

    The fact that “John is weirdly horny for yet another animal” should be on every LWT bingo card is a bit concerning yet intriguing.

    • @JackWalshissupercool
      @JackWalshissupercool 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Not only that but it happens so often it should just be the free space.

    • @stephentraskos3130
      @stephentraskos3130 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      better Octopodes than Adam Driver

    • @templarw20
      @templarw20 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      And yet, not as weird as President Eques…

  • @nevergirl86
    @nevergirl86 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you so much for this John Oliver. I love you forever for this video.

  • @Adlerjunges83
    @Adlerjunges83 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    We need and would so much like more of that, please. I began to love them long ago.

  • @MannyDelaCruzBOOM4U
    @MannyDelaCruzBOOM4U 2 ปีที่แล้ว +674

    From now on, I want all my nature documentaries to be narrated by an overly excited Brit, nerding out on the most trivial details. It’s mesmerizing.

    • @kurtsudheim825
      @kurtsudheim825 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Jo is basically the opposite to Attenborough!

    • @GSBarlev
      @GSBarlev 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Search for Matt Berry: Lone Wolf

    • @ScaryWombat
      @ScaryWombat 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Isn't that already how they're all narrated?

    • @a.noriega-gonzalez6801
      @a.noriega-gonzalez6801 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, very!!!
      🤣

    • @MsZephyra
      @MsZephyra 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ScaryWombat haha, was thinking the same thing...

  • @GenerationTech
    @GenerationTech 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2513

    oliver is an octopus in disguise

    • @MatthewGaming-
      @MatthewGaming- 2 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      Of all people, I did not expect to see you here

    • @nujevad28
      @nujevad28 2 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      So he's an octopus disguised as a bird disguised as a man? That's talent.

    • @hairyheartsmith8513
      @hairyheartsmith8513 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Octojohn!?! I had my suspicions but this confirms it.

    • @MrGhost-fe4tc
      @MrGhost-fe4tc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Oh hi!
      I’d say that octopuses are what people think dolphins are without the bitter truth truth wouldn’t you say?

    • @insanitydrive7710
      @insanitydrive7710 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      What are you doing here? Are you following me from the last video I watched before this from your channel?????

  • @JorenMyers
    @JorenMyers 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Golly!
    This is easily one of the best videos under 10 minutes I've ever seen.

  • @callmeworms
    @callmeworms 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sometimes I rewatch this video just because it's so positive

  • @aidansilvia2663
    @aidansilvia2663 2 ปีที่แล้ว +295

    That chameleon-octopus render was definitely 1/3 of the season’s budget

  • @MellonVegan
    @MellonVegan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +406

    I saw a video of a tiny octopus befriending a diver and leading him, by hand/arm, to a log in the water, so the much stronger man would push it over and the octopus could get at the mussels below. I don't know how much concious thought and deliberation one could infer from that exactly but I also don't care. However you spin it, that's amazing.
    Edit: and also adorable. It was tiny! And grabbed him by the finger!

    • @ahumanpersonpresumaly9970
      @ahumanpersonpresumaly9970 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      th-cam.com/video/XljeOgg6iks/w-d-xo.html

    • @peggykell
      @peggykell 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      I read there was an octopus captive in an aquarium tank whom the owner forgot to feed. The octopus found a hard object and banged on the inside of the tank to get attention.

    • @ellyon976
      @ellyon976 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      There's a longer video on Dodo and yes, it's actually cute xD
      th-cam.com/video/1twqEn8iHsk/w-d-xo.html

    • @Lemmingcave
      @Lemmingcave 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      octopusses just like parrots are one of the most intelligent lifeforms. they are so inteligent that studies have proven they are actually bored when we keep them as pets... also people who are specialized in keeping octopuses pets, using special octopus aquariums (they are desing to be harder to open) still cna escape from such things so you know... they are smart, they just cannot comunicate with us sadly

    • @sidPalma
      @sidPalma 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ellyon976 I clicked to find out that I've watched and even liked the video some time ago haha

  • @undeadgamer8812
    @undeadgamer8812 ปีที่แล้ว

    Octopuses are my favorite animal... They are so just... Perfect

  • @corey9350
    @corey9350 ปีที่แล้ว

    John Oliver is my hero, and if possible my spirit animal

  • @AdelaAlonsoAlonso
    @AdelaAlonsoAlonso 2 ปีที่แล้ว +448

    Honestly, I just want a whole hour of John talking about octopuses.

    • @maryjanerx
      @maryjanerx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Same!!

    • @PantheraLeo04
      @PantheraLeo04 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Everyone wants that

    • @nap6193
      @nap6193 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yeah same, I wanted more facts. now I need to go watch more videos to find out everything I can about them

    • @AdelaAlonsoAlonso
      @AdelaAlonsoAlonso 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@nap6193 look for the video of an octopus dreaming is insane

    • @f-ckmyr0fil788
      @f-ckmyr0fil788 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Because i have no problem 😋😉😎😋😍

  • @remonm990
    @remonm990 2 ปีที่แล้ว +133

    As a marine biologist, I'm glad to hear John Oliver finally appreciates octopuses as much as they deserve to.

    • @nathanracher2911
      @nathanracher2911 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      isn't the plural for octopus is octopi?

    • @EbuCallinav
      @EbuCallinav 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Sometimes it's easy to spot the people who commented before watching the video.

    • @mackinacisland3825
      @mackinacisland3825 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nathanracher2911 look at 23 seconds in for the answer.

  • @mynameisalev
    @mynameisalev 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Octopuses are my favourite creature on this planet! So happy they are getting some mainstream attention/love because they deserve it

  • @xXBarbDwireXx
    @xXBarbDwireXx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have a friend with a degree in teuthology and it is always a delight hearing her explain octopuses to me

  • @tristanscott2645
    @tristanscott2645 2 ปีที่แล้ว +125

    So weird not to be depressed, angry, and/or sad after watching a Last Week Tonight video

    • @WanderingYankee
      @WanderingYankee 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes, this was a refreshing episode. I wish he did more nonsense segments like this.

    • @Marijuanifornia
      @Marijuanifornia 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It's just one more week that he's wasted by not telling everyone that there's a government video from World War II that tells Americans to grow weed to stop Hitler.
      The film is titled *Hemp For Victory.*
      You're not going to believe me, so John Oliver has to explain it to you all.

    • @Marijuanifornia
      @Marijuanifornia 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Capt Shiny Child, the legalization of Cannabis Sativa after the attack at Pearl Harbor is the reason that you are alive in a "free" country.
      No weed = no Navy, no Navy = no D-Day, no D-Day = no victory, and no victory = the Nazis win. Hence the name of the video, *Hemp For Victory.*
      Instead of just learning from your own history, you continue to pay billions of dollars in taxes to pay police to harass, beat, arrest and kill Americans over "Marijuana" in the war on drugs, the same "Marihuana" plant that defended American freedom and democracy.
      You're so indoctrinated by government lies that you won't even contemplate the importance of *Hemp For Victory.*
      There is more to weed than getting high.

  • @POPOPOPOPOPOP82
    @POPOPOPOPOPOP82 2 ปีที่แล้ว +102

    It’s official. I’d listen to John Oliver talk about anything.

  • @sandracraft517
    @sandracraft517 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My favorite is the tiny octopus that's so cute serious, staid scientists actually named Adorabilis.

  • @andreagardndr
    @andreagardndr 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I didn’t think There Was Any More, that I Love ❤You John Oliver, You R The man

  • @jonathanthompson4624
    @jonathanthompson4624 2 ปีที่แล้ว +235

    I've been a huge john oliver fan for years, watched every episode many times. This is the single most important, timely and hard hitting piece of art John has ever made.

  • @gabbyl3856
    @gabbyl3856 2 ปีที่แล้ว +277

    Imma need a whole wildlife documentary series narrated by John asap

    • @tfdbudtz
      @tfdbudtz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      In collaboration with Steve Irvins children.

    • @lenkacfk7155
      @lenkacfk7155 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      You should read Douglas Adams' "Last Chance To See" - one of the greatest and funniest travel-cum-wildlife documentary books ever written!

    • @jima1135
      @jima1135 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@lenkacfk7155 That book is laugh out loud funny. Even better with the audiobook version because Steven Fry narrates it and actually traveled with Adams.

    • @1MarkKeller
      @1MarkKeller 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      David Attenborough should suggest he become his replacement on nature program voiceovers.

    • @lenkacfk7155
      @lenkacfk7155 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@jima1135 , almost - Stephen Fry actually house-sat for Douglas while he was off traveling with Mark Carwardine for the book - and then, 20 years later, when Douglas was already dead, Stephen revisited the spots with Mark Carwardine and a camera crew and filmed a documentary.
      I saw/heard Douglas Adams read live from LCTS on one of his reading trips to Göttingen in the 1990s - he was my only celebrity crush ever!

  • @karenmcgady7637
    @karenmcgady7637 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This monologue is SO GREAT!!!!!!!!

  • @Jinx_of_Nyx
    @Jinx_of_Nyx 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    John Oliver’s octopus special interest is a beautiful thing❤

  • @HobbesHobbiton
    @HobbesHobbiton 2 ปีที่แล้ว +452

    I trust this man's commentary because of his octopus like hands

    • @RideAcrossTheRiver
      @RideAcrossTheRiver 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He's a decadactyl

    • @seemslegit2412
      @seemslegit2412 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      His commentary is biased af. Dont be a simp.

    • @MrPinktentacle
      @MrPinktentacle 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@seemslegit2412 how the hell is commentary on octopuses biased? Politically yes, he is. But your a simp cause you probably only listen to one side like most Americans unfortunately, and anyone that listen only to one point of view is a complete idiot. If you don’t, good and I apologize for the assumption.

    • @amphiumaiii7058
      @amphiumaiii7058 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      His hands look like a bunch of lazily-detailed tubes stuck together.

    • @HobbesHobbiton
      @HobbesHobbiton 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@seemslegit2412
      One look at your channel's description tells me everything I need to know about your character _(Or lack thereof)!_
      Go back to simping for Faux "News", alright?

  • @te0nani
    @te0nani 2 ปีที่แล้ว +574

    Scientists: "Pull this lever."
    Charles: "Do it yourself, Muppet's!"