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Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Octopuses Carry Coconuts As Instant Shelters

Octopuses have been discovered tip-toeing with coconut-shell halves suctioned to their undersides, then reassembling the halves and disappearing inside for protection or deception. The coconut-carrying behavior makes the veined octopus the newest member of the elite club of tool-using animals - and the first member without a backbone.

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