Octopus species found to use tools

Octopus species found to use tools - must watch video

In Indonesia, a species of Octopus has been discovered, who use tools. The Octopus collects coconut shells to make a shelter. This is a rather usual behaviour that the scientists believe is the 1st evidence of tool use in an invertebrate animal.

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Wed, Dec 16, 2009 10:46:49 IST

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Australian scientists have caught the whole act on camera. The filmed the veined octopuses selecting coconut shells from the sea floor, carrying with under their bodies for around 65 feet and then assembling the 2 shells together to make a hiding spot for themselves.

The findings were published Tuesday in the journal Current Biology.

Dr. Mark Norman of the Sciences Museum, Victoria said, "Tools, something we think is very special about humans, exists in other animal groups that we've never considered before, a low life form, a relative of a snail,” he added, "These octopuses, they're not simple animals."

One must watch the video film of the Octopus as it is one of the most unusual nature films, one will ever see as it has an octopus picking up a coconut shell then carrying it along the sea floor on its tentacles. The video is available on the net.