Clever octopus!
 

http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/n...667024,00.html

A movie of an octopus using the shell of a coconut to build himself an armoured home. The scientist said that it looked to funny when the animal took the things and started to walk away" that he never had laughed that much under water.

It is offcoast of Indonesia.

Formally, it is not only the use of a tool, but planning ahead and demonstrating an intention that aims at the use of a tool in the future, not just for immediate use.

fascinating animals, though due to our inability to read their emotions and intentions from their body language, the knowledge of that beak hidden in the middle of their body always makes me nervous. Although only one octopus is known to have a poison lethal for man, I still do not want to get bitten by something that can easily pull a chunk of meat out of my body and is powerful enough to even can cut through my bones. But fascinating animals, very curious, and highly intelligent (it did not need this video to tell us that).

Ya they are pretty smart creatures, I remember reading about some tests, where they had learned how to open jars to get at food inside. Here is a vid of that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6mtZSzYeM0

Yes, I have read that these creatures are quite smart. My amazement with the octopus is the ability to change skin pigament to blend in. It is simply uncanny. Sometimes change the entire color to partial on one side from the the other side. Ability to change colors in a second. Imagine if we could do that! :o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN99Kx_ghC8

The thing that amazes me about these creatures is the tiney holes they can slip through. Evidently the only limiting factor is that beak that was mention. Apparently if that beak can fit through the hole the whole damn octopus can fit.

I read this story this morning and just saw the video on the news. I think it is so cool how they can manipulate objects like that. That is sure one fascinating creature. :yeah:

octopus vs shark:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4gUeHh13n4

Ambush!

Rats are like that too.

I thought is was a whisker deal like cats. If the whiskers do not brush the sides of the whole the animal will fit. :hmmm:

Now if we can teach them to write code, we are set. And the best part is, they are tastey:woot:.

Rats have a flexable back-bone that gives them much more mobility through tight spaces than even a cat.

I once saw a short clip showing a bit of coral, and about halfway through an octopus suddenly 'unmasked' itself and just shot off. I was shocked at how fast the creature changed colors. :o

They are still limited by their rib cage and shoulder/hip joints. Also major difference in scale, Octopi can get in holes many times smaller then they are

Very true.

I do remember that clip. The octopus looked EXACTLY like it surroundings. Truely astonishing. Reminds me of the creature in Predator.

http://www.vvork.com/wp-content/uplo...9/predator.jpg

http://208.106.191.145/_media/imgs/articles/a308_c5.jpg


http://www.teara.govt.nz/files/p7907eta.jpg