In the video, it depicts an octopus using a coconut shell as a tool for protection. The use of the coconut shell demonstrates the possibility of the octopus having cognitive abilities and conscious intellectual activity. It shows that the octopus can think, plan and reason. Therefore, some may assume that the octopus is conscious. In the chapter “Other Minds” of WDIAM 3, Nagel states, many people believe that things that are not human such as: fish, insects, worms, and jellyfish are not conscious. In the clip of the octopus, people may believe that it is not conscious as well. Some believe that only things that can be conscious or have experiences are things with a mental capacity of humans and if it presents behaviors similar to our own.
