TED Talk: Underwater Astonishments by David Gallo
Skills: Listening
Talk/Think
Which of these animals is the most intelligent?
Put them in order from 1-8.
- chimpanzee
- rat
- dolphin
- tuna
- octopus
- dog
- crow
- elephant
Why did you choose this order?
Watch/Listen
Go to YouTube and watch this video-
David Gallo's TED talk
Watch the video again and answer these questions-
- What word does David use to describe the underwater animals that blink like fireflys?
- What did Dr Edith Witter invent?
- What is David's original profession?
- What are 3 things that the lights are supposed to do?
- What are 3 underwater geographic features they have discovered on past dives?
- What does the 97% he mentions represent?
- What is a "cephalopod"?
- What do fighting male squid do?
- Why does the male squid show two colours?
- What's the animal that we see hiding in algae?
- How does the octopus hide his movement across the seafloor?
- What is the octopus able to do to hide on some algae?
Check the answers here.