"Bizarre" Octopuses Carry Coconuts as Instant Shelters
Tuesday, January 12, 2010 - 09:14
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Scientists were "blown away" by octopuses discovered tip-toeing with coconut-shell halves suctioned to their undersides, then reassembling the halves and disappearing inside—a rare example of animal tool use, a new study says. With video.