Eight Armed Underwater Sports Divas
From Wild Stories by Elliot Connor
June 11, 2026 · 24 min · Season 1 · Episode 27
About this episode
This episode features a discussion with Dr Jennifer Mather about her research on octopuses and their surprising behaviors.
Do octopuses play football or basketball? This and other essential questions will be raised in this week's episode as I chat with the fantabulous Dr Jennifer Mather about her 50 years of finding out incredible things about octopuses (and spin off on a tangent about octopus gambling). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
People in this episode
Host: Elliot Connor
Guest: Dr Jennifer Mather
Topics covered
- octopuses
- sports
- gambling
- marine biology
- interview
Keywords
- octopus
- football
- basketball
- gambling
- marine life
- interview
- science
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Eight Armed Underwater Sports Divas
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