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[adrienmundi]

Tool using octopi

Octopuses have been observed carrying coconut shells in what researchers claim is the first recorded example of tool use in invertebrates.

There is a growing record of tool use in animals and birds, from musical "instruments" made by orang-utansMovie Camera to sponges used by dolphins to dislodge prey from sand.

Now veined octopuses, Amphioctopus marginatus, have been filmed picking up coconut halves from the seabed to use as hiding places when they feel threatened...


How cool is that?

Comments

[firespinner93.livejournal.com]

They really do! Octopi are so adorable, anyway.

[fairyhead.livejournal.com]

It's true. So not only have they found a good tool for protection, but also found a way to be even *more* adorable!