PICTURES: Octopuses Carry Coconuts as Instant Hideaways

Monday, December 14, 2009 - 19:49 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Octopuses off Indonesia make stow-and-go shelters out of empty coconut shells, a new study says. Once they stopped laughing, scientists hailed the behavior as a new form of tool use.

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