. >>> the new england aquarium in boston is back open to the public, but one of its most pop hare exhibits is still off limits, the giant pacific octopus named ready. before the lockdown chip reid got to spend some time with it. >> reporter: it's one of the most bizarre reaches on earth and not just because it looks so different. the octopus can camouflage itself in a flash, squeeze its entire body through a one-inch hole, and their brains, that's right, brains, with an s. an octopus has one large central brain and eight mini-brains, one in each arm. >> octopuses are so brilliant. >> a naturalists sy montgomery believes their intelligence is off the charts. >> we give them the same toys we give our children and they play. that's a characteristic of higher minds. >> as if on cue. >> there she is. >> oh, rudy. >> rudy, a giant pacific octopus and one of the start of the aquarium in boston seemed to want to play with us. some people go ooh, that's creepy. you go -- >> i say this is one of the most beautiful reaches on this planet. one of the smartest, one of the most interesting and one of th