It doesn’t take a backbone to be a genius — or a master of the comedic arts, apparently.
An octopus has been captured on film exhibiting one of the most
remarkable (and amusing) examples of tool usage in the animal kingdom.
Footage shows the eight-limbed animal literally walking along the ocean
floor
carrying two halves of a broken coconut shell beneath his arms, seemingly without rhyme or reason.
But this tentacled one knows exactly what he’s doing.
As it turns out, some octopuses, like this, one possess the foresight to actually pack along coconut shells to
use as protective shelters when exploring areas without adequate places to hide.
Scientists say this behavior is the first evidence of tool use by an
octopus, putting the aquatic animals in a league with a small number of
other animals known to do the same.
More at the link.
I can’t count the times I laughed underwater because of an octopus being a complete loon. Every time.
