Australian scientists find coconut-toting octopus
China Daily | Updated: 2009-12-16 07:48
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This photo received from Melbourne's Museum Victoria shows an octopus wrapped around the shell of a coconut and using it to protect itself on the seabed floor. AFP |
SYDNEY: Australian scientists have discovered an octopus in Indonesia that collects coconut shells for shelter - unusually sophisticated behavior that the researchers believe is the first evidence of tool use in an invertebrate animal.
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