Video: Octopus Uses Coconut Shell as Portable Home
Here is a video of an octopus using a coconut shell for protection. The discovery by Julian Finn, a marine biologist at the Museum Victoria in Australia, of a clever veined octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) using a coconut shell as a mobile home is being cited as the first reported instance of an invertebrate acquiring tools. Take a look:
