Clever octopus!

Skybird · 12-15-09, 06:19 AM

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).

12-15-09, 06:19 AM	#1
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,602 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	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). __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.