Wednesday, 16 December 2009

Octopuses Carry Coconuts As Instant Shelters

Octopuses have been discovered tip-toeing with coconut-shell halves suctioned to their undersides, then reassembling the halves and disappearing inside for protection or deception. The coconut-carrying behavior makes the veined octopus the newest member of the elite club of tool-using animals - and the first member without a backbone.

4 comment(s):

Unknown said...

octopus X 2 = octopi

Gerard said...

According to the English dictionary, octopuses and octopi are both allowed.

Anonymous said...

Did anyone catch the license plate on that speeding coconut?

Anonymous said...

amazing! we think were so superior to all the other creatures on this earth, i wonder what they must think about us.... theres so much we don't know and understand.