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

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