Some facts about octopuses: they’re venomous, they taste with their skin, they use tools, they can solve puzzles, Aristotle thought they were dumb, Jacques Costeau thought they were smart, they can leave water for minutes at a time and they’re good hunters, in or out of water. We dive into the mind of an octopus with writers and researchers. | Want to support 1A? Subscribe to our podcast and give to your local public radio station at donate.npr.org/1A. Email the show at 1a@wamu.org.