Originally Posted By rhamphotheca
Octopus Intelligence: Tool Use
by Emily Anthes
Octopuses will carry around two halves of an empty coconut shell and then hide inside them to avoid predators, a team of Australian researchers reported in late 2009. (Videos of this trick are easy to find on YouTube.) Tool use is considered a mark of cognitive sophistication; aside from humans, only a few creatures—including some primates, certain birds, and dolphins—have been shown to make and use tools. So far, the octopus is the only invertebrate known to manipulate tools…
(read more: Boston Globe)
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