When we talk about what's uniquely human, the ability to make music usually ranks pretty high. But are we really the only species that can learn to put a tune together?
An octopus named Takoyaki or Tako, for short, has become an internet sensation after Swedish YouTuber Mattias Krantz rescued him from a fish market and then, incredibly, taught him to play the piano.
But beneath the viral video lies a much bigger question: Is Tako actually making music, or are we just projecting our own ideas about art onto an animal doing something unexpected?
Well, to help answer that, Emile speaks to lecturer in philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh, Shawn Simpson.
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