Benjamin Savard , a digital media producer at Middlebury College in Vermont , was testing out a GoPro camera in the octopus tank . He had just finished filming his first video of an octopus, and he wanted to see how it would react if someone touched its tentacles with their hand or arm. Students at Middlebury College have been studying whether the octopus species can open boxes more quickly by observing their peers .
Benjamin Savard , a digital media producer at Middlebury College in Vermont , was testing out a GoPro camera in the octopus tank . California two-spot octopus grabbed the device and turned it on filmmaker , producing a series of pictures . Students at Middlebury College have been studying whether the octopus species can open boxes more quickly by observing their peers .