Octopus Makes Coconut Armor

According to scientists, this is the first instance of tool use in an invertebrate, in this case as a form or portable armor.

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  • minjae   Octopus Makes Coconut Armor and thinks it’s OMG  about 2 years ago
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  • from all the nature shows i've seen, octopus are very clever animals.

    lchen12345
    2 years ago
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  • “carrying a coconut shell doesnt make an octopus a mollusc any more than strapping cardboard wings to you makes you a bird. second. how is that armor? if anything it seems to be using it as portable camoflage” Octupi ARE molluscs,
    Also, I think a million sushi dinners just cried out for vengence.

    Andrea D.
    2 years ago
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  • No doubt. I think they forgot about hermit crabs.

    GCS3
    2 years ago
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  • “I for one welcome our molluscan overlords.”
    carrying a coconut shell doesnt make an octopus a mollusc any more than strapping cardboard wings to you makes you a bird. second. how is that armor? if anything it seems to be using it as portable camoflage

    Pete L.
    2 years ago
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  • I for one welcome our molluscan overlords.

    therblig
    2 years ago
  • yum.. i mean cool… but yumm

    nickrrrad
    2 years ago
  • Soo I'm still waiting for the part where we're told how this coconut-Octopus technology will help us with the next phase of space travel.

    K.Ova
    2 years ago
  • My bio professor spent 20 minutes in lecture today talking about this, saying he learned about it this morning. I learned about it via BuzzFeed yesterday! I could be a bio professor.

    Sam Kujawski
    2 years ago
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  • Today it's armor, tomorrow it's f-16s. I'm building my bomb shelter now.

    Derek
    2 years ago
  • Maxime M. thinks Octopus Makes Coconut Armor is OMG & Cute  about 2 years ago
  • 1:00-1:18… that's just plain cool.

    RuffNReddy
    2 years ago
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  • Um, hermit crabs?

    Andy Pearson
    2 years ago
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  • I'm still jealous that you beat me to this. :) If ever there was a turtle wannabe, it's this octopus.

    turtlefeed
    2 years ago
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  • Price of octopus sushi skyrockets as they learn to fight back.

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    2 years ago
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