Swedish musician Mattias Krantz successfully trained his pet octopus named Takoyaki to play piano after six months of work. Krantz, a YouTuber who creates content about modified musical instruments, purchased Tako from a Portuguese fishery in March. He designed a special keyboard with levers the octopus could pull using its tentacles. Initially, Tako would only play one or two notes at a time using bubbles as motivation. The breakthrough came in August when Krantz installed a “crab elevator” that lowered Tako’s favorite treat for each note played. Krantz now accompanies the octopus on guitar, and Tako can even play the note progression of “Baby Shark,” though off-tempo. “It was probably the worst thing I’ve ever done, and maybe the coolest thing, but also the worst ever,” Krantz told The Washington Post. (Story URL)
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