Octopus Using Coconuts as Armour? What!?

Octopus are very smart creatures and they can also put their intelligence to maneuver through mazes and they even try to get out of tanks. This tool makes the humble animal the first invertebrate. This discovery was discovered by a team of scientists in Melbourne Australia. They did more than 500 dives in 1998 to 2008 in islands of Northern Sulawesi and Bali, to observe twenty different types of octopuses. When an octopus has found a coconut bigger than itself they would use the coconut for many different reasons. Number 1: They would use it to get away from predators. So they use it as amour Number 2: a place to look out for predators, and also when they see their pray. And lastly Number 3: A place to live in. So doing this can really help them in the future because it helps them with the main things for an animal to live. It provided shelter, amour if predators come, and a place for them to look for their pray. It is a tool that they have discovered, they are able to do this because octopus are very sophisticated animals compared to other animals.













First the website I went to find this article what DOGO news. And then I cam across the article at first the title just made no sense to me I just thought is this person crazy? But as I read it got very interesting. I just find it very interesting how that octopus have discovered to use the coconut as a tool. Because I know that they are very smart animals but I never thought they would use something that would help them with many different things. Also reading this article made me think when crabs use shells as protection because well first lets say octopus against crab with shell. But the shell has some type of fungus growing on the shells with toxic chemicals. First the octopus is able to crush the shell but it will sput the crab back out because it cannot stand the toxic chemicals on the shell. So that is why it reminds me of a crabs shell because they both use it as protection etc.

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By Meera Dolasia on 10/28/2011

"Octopus Use Coconut Shells As Mobile Home And Armor - Kids News Article." DOGO News - Kids News Articles! Kids Current Events; plus Kids News on Science, Sports, and More! Web. 31 Oct. 2011. .