Smart as … an octopus?
My brother, P.J., passed along a fascinating story to me today.
“I know you focus on the cuddly creatures, and an octupus is far from it,” he emailed me today, “but this article I read is very interesting. Australian researchers have studied a species of octupus storing coconut shells in what they believe is the first example of an invertebrate using tools.”
You can read the AP story here.
“I was gobsmacked,” AP quotes Julian Finn, a research biologist at Museum Victoria in Melbourne. “I mean, I’ve seen a lot of octopuses hiding in shells, but I’ve never seen one that grabs it up and jogs across the sea floor. I was trying hard not to laugh.”
Funny? Sure. But fascinating, and a discovery with far-reaching consequences? Undoubtedly.
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