[Scrambler Bob]

Or with eight Abaci?

[NorthMountain]

Your’re joking ... but you’re also on the right track. Each of octopus’ eight abacuses counts along a different one of eight mutually orthogonal axes. A drawing of such a thing is impossible.

[DUMBGRUNT]

Is that like an Octopus with an Abacus?

Same thing, only different!

Or with eight Abaci?
I always enjoyed Dr Feynmean’s barroom contest with the abacus salesman. IIRC the final question came down to the cube root of something near 1728, most might recognize as a cubic foot. The Abaci wizard was crushed.

From “Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!” (??? Having memory errors this evening).
A great read.