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Hiding in a Coconut

Scientists filmed octopuses near Indonesia using coconut shells as a tool, a first for invertebrates (01:14)

Courtesy of: Dr. Julian Finn, Museum Victoria


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It's Octopi, not Octopuses.

Not only are they beautiful, but they are intelligent. Their instinct for self-preservation helped them to invent their own version of body armor. Octopi rock!

JB




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