Il video del musicista che insegna al polpo a suonare il piano

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00:00Tutti qui chiede per la città.

00:03Mi chiede per la mia prossima studenta.

00:08La mia prima contendiera...

00:11...too dumb.

00:12La mia seconda...

00:13...too expensive.

00:15La mia thirda...

00:19...too dead.

00:20Ma poi ho finalmente trovato...

00:23...de octopussi.

00:25Can I help this guy?

00:32Wow, yes, perfect!

00:41Hold on, buddy. We're home soon.

00:43I've always wanted to teach an animal piano.

00:45And in theory, octopuses have incredible potential.

00:49They are as smart as a three-year-old.

00:51They are amazing problem solvers.

00:53But what really sets them apart is that each of their eight arms has his own little brain.

00:58Letting them think and move independently.

01:01It's like eight pianists in one body.

01:04And that's way too much potential to be thrown in a fryer.

01:09Yeah!

01:14You don't know it yet, but you're going to be the greatest pianist the sea has ever known.

01:19I wanted to make sure he doesn't do anything weird in the aquarium these first days.

01:23Like hang himself.

01:25Because now he's not only in captivity.

01:28He's in captivity with a YouTuber.

01:33Takoyaki got his new home.

01:34But before I can teach him piano, he needs to start to trust me.

01:38But how?

01:39I think I have an idea.

01:41Tako, it's time to eat.

01:44You want it?

01:46First day, he didn't even want to take the food.

01:49I don't think he trusts me enough.

01:52The second day he took the food, but as a thank you, he shit on me.

01:56He shit on me.

01:57Whoa shit, what was that?

01:59But maybe that's how octopuses chose love.

02:03But as the days passed.

02:05There he is.

02:06Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

02:08He took the plier.

02:10Tako, look what I got for you.

02:12It's an octopus toy piano.

02:16It's so perfect.

02:18Oh, oh, oh my god.

02:20Whoa.

02:21Oh, he got it.

02:22Whoa.

02:23I think he started to realize that I'm the person that saved him from becoming Takoyaki.

02:30Tako, it's time to eat.

02:37Whoa.

02:39Oh shit.

02:40That's so scary.

02:42Finally, he was more comfortable.

02:44Maybe a bit too comfortable.

02:46What the fuck?

02:47He's super strong.

02:49Tako, what?

02:50Don't eat me.

02:52Don't eat me.

02:53Don't eat me.

02:56Now when Tako almost seemed to like me, it was time to throw in his first piano key.

03:02I really believed me and Tako could do this.

03:05But after watching him sit on his jar for five minutes straight, just staring into the void, completely ignoring the key,

03:11I was getting a little bit worried, but then finally he started to slowly approach it.

03:19But he thought I had made a boat for him.

03:24The next day we tried again.

03:27Tjano is fun.

03:29Who's your Asian parent?

03:31I am.

03:32No.

03:35No.

03:37Tako, you missed it.

03:38Maybe it was even a mistake, but eventually Tako touched the key perfectly.

03:44So I quickly rewarded him.

03:45And then he did whatever this was.

03:48Tako, what the fuck?

03:49And then he touched it again.

03:51His touching was getting more and more frequent.

03:53One more.

03:54Whoa.

03:56Once he got the hang of touching it, the next step was actually pushing it down.

04:00But there was a problem.

04:02Pushing isn't exactly natural for an octopus.

04:06What the fuck is that?

04:08Yes, this is it.

04:09This is it.

04:10You can do it.

04:11But when it comes to pulling stuff, Tako should write a book on that.

04:17So I started redesigning the key again and again until we got the ultimate octopus key.

04:25And how did I know that?

04:27Oh, amazing grip.

04:30Whoa.

04:31That's good.

04:32That's good.

04:33Whoa.

04:35Oh my god.

04:36That was amazing.

04:37Again, two times.

04:39Three times.

04:40Stop spamming Tako.

04:42Yeah, I get it.

04:43You're good at this.

04:44Wait, will you actually play it?

04:46Whoa.

04:48Good job, Tako.

04:49One key obviously wasn't enough anymore.

04:54So I started building Tako his own custom octopus piano.

04:58And he really supervised every second of the process.

05:03This is an historical moment.

05:05This is the first time you're going to play your piano.

05:07Oh.

05:08Wow, Tako.

05:09I can't believe I'm seeing you with the piano.

05:10But Tako did everything except playing piano.

05:11He sat on it, filmed it, lifted it.

05:13It was obvious that...

05:14Poor guy, he doesn't know what to do.

05:15So I realized I had to show Tako what key to pull.

05:30That's the key.

05:31There.

05:32But he didn't want my help.

05:34And how could I be so sure?

05:36Tako, stop pushing me away.

05:38I'm helping you.

05:40Wait, you can push.

05:41I thought you couldn't push.

05:43No, don't.

05:44Hey, don't eat me.

05:45Please.

05:46Tako.

05:47Put your thing here.

05:49Thing here.

05:51This day I realized I have absolutely no idea how to teach an octopus piano.

05:58So I started to look for help online.

06:03But all I could find was recipes.

06:08Eventually though, I managed to come in contact with an expert, Luigi.

06:12And together, we decided to try something crazy.

06:15Teaching Tako using sound.

06:17Why is he crazy?

06:18Well, Tako doesn't even have ears.

06:21But with this science grade underwater speaker, Tako can feel each note as a unique vibration.

06:28And maybe we can use that to teach him a melody.

06:31But after weeks of training, it was obvious that these vibrations couldn't be used as a learning tool.

06:37However, the good news was, it made him enjoy playing the piano more.

06:41Probably because every note now turned on his giant octopus vibrator.

06:48Tako was satisfied.

06:50And I was happy Tako started liking piano.

06:52Even if it was for unconventional reasons.

06:55But this wasn't music.

06:57It was just random notes once in a while.

07:00So I started looking into more proven methods for teaching animals piano.

07:05Take a look at this chicken.

07:06Now this cat.

07:07And now this human.

07:09What do they all have in common?

07:11Their keys light up.

07:13Showing them exactly what to play next.

07:15I managed to build a piano like this for Tako.

07:18I think there's no way he can fail.

07:20But making a light up piano is already difficult.

07:28So making one that worked underwater.

07:33Fuck.

07:34Was pretty much impossible.

07:36But after a week of failed waterproofing attempts.

07:39I think.

07:40Please don't stop working.

07:41Please.

07:42Tako.

07:43Beg with all your arms.

07:45Please light up.

07:46Please light up.

07:47We got it.

07:49Now let's try it on Tako.

07:54Tako saw the light.

07:55Approached the piano.

08:00And pulls the wrong key.

08:01It was probably a mistake.

08:03But then he did it again.

08:05No.

08:06And many more times.

08:08He has pulled every key that is not red.

08:11Tako why?

08:12Okay so maybe he naturally didn't go for the light.

08:15But I rewarded him the few times that he actually did.

08:18I thought with enough training he will start associating the lit key with food.

08:23But the days went on.

08:24And Tako still had no interest in the light.

08:29Tako I need one out of your eight legs to play the correct key.

08:33So I got desperate.

08:34I changed color.

08:35Intensity.

08:36I even removed keys until it was only two left.

08:40And still Tako picked the wrong key.

08:43It was time to face reality.

08:46Tako hates my shitty lights.

08:49This bullet proof method not only failed horribly.

08:53I was now completely out of ideas.

08:56How could it be so hard to just show an octopus what note to play?

09:02But after many days of thinking I had a realization.

09:11Tako is not a chicken.

09:15I can't just apply chicken logic to my octopus and expect it to work.

09:19I need to figure out what Tako likes.

09:22And it turns out...

09:26It was crabs.

09:29But how do I get the moving crab into every piano key?

09:33I think I have an idea.

09:37This is so dumb.

09:38It's crazy.

09:40I hope this works.

09:41I really hope this works.

09:44Crab rave Tako.

09:45And somehow it actually worked.

09:53It didn't make him play the key.

09:55It just made him try to grab the crab.

09:58But he wasn't fooled by my design.

10:00I think what he really wanted was the movement.

10:03So if I make the lever move instead,

10:05maybe he will grab that and play a note.

10:10Okay, come on Tako.

10:11Let's do this.

10:15Here we pull. Here we pull. Here we pull. Here we pull.

10:20Yes!

10:21Good job, Tako!

10:23Whoa!

10:25And he did it again.

10:27That's... Whoa!

10:29And many more times.

10:30This was working amazingly.

10:33Good job, Tako!

10:34Good job!

10:35Yeah!

10:36We're back, Tako!

10:38And every day, Tako got better at piano.

10:40And after one week, he can play two notes in a row.

10:45Good!

10:46Whoa!

10:47Whoa!

10:48The second week, this happened.

10:51Whoa!

10:52Echo!

10:53A chord!

10:54Tako started loving piano.

10:56He would sit all day looking at it,

10:58hoping I would place it in his tank.

11:00You're missing your piano?

11:01He even came up to the glass whenever I played.

11:04And at six every night, it was finally his turn.

11:14Come on, Tako.

11:15That's it!

11:17Whoa!

11:18And you're a genius, Tako.

11:23I thought Tako was getting close to something amazing.

11:27But as the days went on...

11:29I started to realize something.

11:31Tako was no longer improving.

11:34It was like playing three keys in a row was his absolute limit.

11:38One more, Tako!

11:41You can do it!

11:42No!

11:43Don't give up!

11:44And I kept training him, hoping for a breakthrough.

11:47But instead, our training went backwards.

11:50Don't do that, Tako.

11:53Come on!

11:55Tako, what?

11:56At this point, Tako knew how to play a few notes.

11:59But I don't think he understood that I wanted him to keep going.

12:04To complete the full melody.

12:10And for days, I was stuck trying to solve this continuation problem.

12:14Meanwhile, our training kept deteriorating.

12:17Ah, Tako!

12:19And it felt like my chance of ever teaching Tako piano was slipping away.

12:25Ah, Tako release!

12:30Oh, f*** you!

12:32At this point, I had given up.

12:36I had too much hope in you, Tako.

12:40I don't think an octopus can play piano.

12:50But even if I had stopped training Tako,

12:53he still came up waiting for the piano at 6 every evening.

12:58And eventually, this convinced me to give it one last try.

13:04But this time, I needed something different.

13:06Something that could show Tako that he wasn't just playing keys.

13:10He was progressing towards a goal.

13:12But no matter how much I tried,

13:14I just couldn't find the solution myself.

13:17I needed a person that thinks so far outside the box

13:20that the box didn't even exist for them.

13:24His name was Gim.

13:27Together, we came up with an idea that was so ridiculous

13:30that it might actually work.

13:36We call it the crab elevator.

13:38Here's how it works.

13:40Every key press lowers the crab a little closer to Tako.

13:44And it's impossible for him to take it before it reaches the bottom.

13:47And to get it there, he needs to complete an entire melody.

13:51It's a progress bar, octopus edition.

13:57Tako was intrigued.

13:58How do I get that crab down?

14:00First, he tried swimming into the pipe.

14:02Then, twerking for it.

14:04And finally, he tried to pull it down himself.

14:07Come on.

14:09Stop.

14:11And I started fearing that just because this was logical for us

14:14doesn't mean it is for an octopus.

14:17But then he gave up.

14:19He focused his attention on the piano.

14:24And played a note.

14:27And another one.

14:28Come on, Tako.

14:29Come on.

14:30A bit more.

14:32Yes.

14:33Yes.

14:34Tako.

14:36You did it.

14:38After practicing with it every day for a week,

14:40it finally clicked for Tako what I wanted him to do from the beginning.

14:45Now he always kept going, with a focus I have never seen before.

14:50To a point where the crabs almost became a distraction.

14:53Tako, don't let him get you like that.

14:55A distraction from finishing his melody.

14:59And at that point I knew that Tako was finally ready.

15:03After four months of failures and breakthroughs,

15:06it was time for Tako to attempt his first ever piano performance.

15:11That's ok, you ready.

15:12Let's play Tako!

15:13Let's play Taku!

15:14Ok, ready?

15:19Let's play, Taco!

15:38More!

15:44Taco, good job!

16:02That was amazing!

16:05I didn't know you were a blues pianist, that was amazing, Taco!

16:10And this wasn't the last time me and Taco played together.

16:13Whoa, whoa, whoa, you already started without me!

16:16Taco, I'm in your band!

16:18We did this every day for weeks and Taco always kept surprising me.

16:23Some days he was the best band member ever.

16:32Other days he did typical octopus things.

16:35What is this?

16:36Octopuses doesn't need chopsticks.

16:39Stop dancing, you're not a dancer, you're a pianist.

16:42But no matter what kind of day it was, he kept improving.

16:46Until the music Taco made sounded so good, no one would believe me if this wasn't recorded.

16:52You have a big range, Taco!

17:02He's like Rashmani now!

17:04And I almost forgot sometimes that Taco was destined to become someone's dinner.

17:22And now we're making music together.

17:25Taco had become more than I could ever wish for.

17:29So now it was time to give him what he wants.

17:36You will be happier soon, Taco!

17:42This is where Taco came from.

17:44And maybe this is where his story should end.

17:48But Taco is a pianist now.

17:52And we all know a musician could never survive in the real world.

18:02Taco!

18:03I think I just found you the biggest crab ever!

18:07So he's staying with me.

18:18And I...

18:33Exactly.

18:35And what if you want to give you a ritual for you?

18:36I'm well aware that we're still shy.

18:37And then...

18:42In the background of how you can migrate.

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